Dmitri Orlov’s column is a bit too long and a bit too self-amusing, but, as usual, thoughtful. What struck me, skimming it, was that he was saying much the same thing that the guys upstairs said about the futility of trying to change people from Column A to Column B. From Club Orlov, http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/
Wherever we go, and whatever we do, we find ourselves surrounded by a variety of human and animal noises: “Woof!”—”Meow!”—”Moo!”—”Baah!”—”Tweet!”—”How about them Red Sox!”
And, naturally, we find ourselves wondering, What are they all saying? What does it all mean? Does it mean anything at all, or is it just a lot of meaningless background noise?