tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post469232127228685397..comments2009-05-11T13:01:18.589-05:00Comments on The Secret of Cool: Cool is RebellionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-73700281312845730082009-03-18T18:09:00.000-05:002009-03-18T18:09:00.000-05:00Sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll are not just at odds ...Sex, drugs, and Rock n' Roll are not just at odds with Fundamentalist Christianity, but with any fundamentalist mainstream religion. It's usually because people see one of the three as a gateway drug to the other two - for example, rock n' roll will lead you down the dark path to sex and drugs. Considering the turbulent history of these ideals and the culture revolution of the 60s, do you not think, one some level or another, they were right? Do you think the anti-revolutionists/conservatives play a part in trying to check these movements? Do you think they are needed to at once fuel and stem these movements? This is certainly the place that anti-revolutionaries put themselves in.<BR/><BR/>It's easy to deride the arguments and the people who make them, but I think we're hard-pressed to see how these movements could have happened without them.<BR/><BR/>Good entry. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331961951316180787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-34622615490069961362009-03-18T10:41:00.000-05:002009-03-18T10:41:00.000-05:00When it comes to the Holy Trinity of Cool, we all ...When it comes to the Holy Trinity of Cool, we all too often focus on the dissident side of these things. Yeah, sure, doing (at least too much of) these things is frowned upon by society, but is that where all of their cool is located? Is there nothing transcendent about them?fjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827891221669580321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-28606398960860225582009-03-17T12:00:00.000-05:002009-03-17T12:00:00.000-05:00I see your point in that sex, drugs, and rock'n'ro...I see your point in that sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll are often viewed as morally ambiguous. Does their moral amibiguity make them cool? Or can anything that is moral acutually be cool? Perhaps the fact that those 3 things are NOT moral make them cool...Anna Aldersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204136671300525263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-2569037758963546542009-03-17T11:42:00.000-05:002009-03-17T11:42:00.000-05:00I agree when you say that you have to be unique to...I agree when you say that you have to be unique to be cool, but what about the typical cool-the people who are cool because they conform? These people all carry the same bags, wear the same brand of jeans, and follow the fashion magazines, and yet they are still cool. Why is this?emileigh18https://www.blogger.com/profile/15632704653991962424noreply@blogger.com