I doth object: to the mind-numbing timeliness of every movement, work of art or piece of legislation; to the way our society seems to run down an unflinching track of cause and effect, thesis and antithesis, without ever bothering to stop off and change the oil; to the unbearable smugness with which men condemn the culpable and criticize all that is ripe for criticism - and all of this, as though we should applaud! "On your knees, boys and girls!" they cry. "I have come to demonstrate once and for all the hollowness of your institutions, the banality of your interests, the meanness of your idols - my words will be that breath of fresh air you seek, and the revolution you await!"
In all honesty and good conscience, we cannot pretend that we are any more than entertained by such demonstrations - no more, at least, than they can pretend away their hollowness, meanness and yes: their banality.
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