Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002
In my grandparents' day they burned
books.
In my parents' era Beatles albums were
all the rage. In the year of 2002, thousands of videotapes are
being wiped out.
This time around artwork is being destroyed
for the sake of money.
The largest video retail outlet in Canada is
trashing most of its VHS stock to make room for DVDs. I guess
it will be profitable in the long run if their customers
can't purchase the old videos of films that may never see
the light of DVD.
Some may say that freedom of choice is a
pillar of capitalism but the more I look at this system; the
more I see a perversion of democracy.
And y'know, it's all right. We the
people no longer believe in neighbourhoods with front porches
and apple pie. We demand big boxes in a sea of pavement with
American Pie 2
on disc. The community is dead. Long live the
corporation.
M. Kirkwood Callingham
Sudbury