Ironically, in today's newspaper, it was a movie review that offered the most insightful comment on the world. An Associated Press review by Christy Lemire of the movie "Music and Lyrics" was the source. The review states, almost as an aside, concerning one of the characters in the movie, "Cora takes herself very seriously but has no idea what she is talking about."
Eliminate the personal reference and you are in possession of a comment that surely has a broad application. Our world is one in which each individual's right to express their personal opinion is sacrosanct. And, ridiculous as that sometimes becomes, I have no desire to restrict it - even when people obviously do not know what they are talking about. However, it is often the arrogance and blustering that accompanies the expression of such opinions that causes them to lose their charm.
When I encounter such pronouncements in the future perhaps I can save a little stress on my blood pressure by just muttering "Cora" under my breath.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment