Now, having yet another fast food franchise in Gateway is all well and good, but I am thoroughly disappointed with the state of our society, our species even, when I think about the shop it replaced. It was a place I frequented and loved, a place I wish could forever be there.
Somewhere I purchased some of my most cherished possessions:
Now I don't blame Gateway, no, it was a good decision. Food, particularly fried (or is it flame-grilled) chicken, sells. It makes money. Especially as opposed to books. The bookshop was probably making too little money for it to be worthwhile, or feasible, for them to remain there, and so they closed or moved.
Nor do I blame the chicken franchise, no, they too made a brilliant business decision.
They gave the people food. People like food.
I blame the people; people are stupid. People like to be stupid. It's probably easier, or, at the very least, remaining stupid/ignorant seems to be the path of least resistance.
Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus, difficilia sunt. a
Sigh.
Truth is, you are probably not stupid. A person is possibly not stupid. A person may even be a genius. But people... people are stupid.
Why are people stupid, you ask?
Because people fail to realize the value and allure of books and reading. People don't appreciate the magnificent conferrerb of knowledge, and often, intelligence, that is literature.c
People are therefore, intentionally or unintentionally, content to remain blissfully unintelligent and ignorant.
Scientia potestas est.
Libri sunt scientia.d
F-F-Fa-Fancy Footnoteq
a "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare, things are difficult." - Seneca, Letter to Lucilius, letter 104, section 26, line 5
b I wanted to use the word "bestower" instead, should I have?
c Note that this is just one of the reasons.
d I don't think my Latin is correct. I don't know latin, so please forgive me.
q I like these footnotes. :-) ... speaking of which, I should get Latex.
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Yokatta!
Just found out that Bargain books didn't move too far. It merged with the bargain books at the Crescent.
I was just about to say that. They moved to a much larger store in the crescent because the shop they had in Gateway was far too small. The one in crescent is HUGE. Checkit! Also, Shyari works there.
ReplyDeleteStill, Gateway replaced them with a chicken franchise. Yeah, I know Shyari works there. And it's still true that people don't like to read! :P
DeleteI will visit the Crescent when the moon wanes.
ReplyDelete'Conferrer' is a much muchier word.
Well, it's not like Gateway CHOOSES what they want to open up there. The place is left vacant until some franchise decides they want to open up there.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I don't blame Gateway. I blame people, the franchises that show up, and survive, there do so due to popular demand.
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