The naysayers here remind me of the Soviet "kolkhozniki" -- the rather backward peasants collectivized by Stalin in the 1930s. They hated the middle-class "kulaks" more than anybody else, and their most desired state was complete sameness. Anybody "better off" was suspicious. All those nonsensical references to "so if I owned a VHS should I also get a Blu-ray" deserve the same response: back to the kolkhoz, comrade!
Last edited by braver; 10-09-2009 at 12:45 AM.
Reason: kolkhoz
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