Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Appreciation of nuance != diminished or greater personal significance when it comes to things that are mostly emotionally driven. Music, no matter how intricate, does not inspire the same kind of appreciation derived from watching a Starcraft god make the most brilliant of decisions. You don't need to understand what is happening to be significantly impacted.

Also, this thread is stupid.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.