dedicated follower of fashion...

as you may or many not have known, yesterday in the United States, it was Martin Luther King day and as per usual, when one of these "events" come up, people will all of a sudden become experts on the subject and suddenly have, for that one day and maybe the day after an opinion on the subject matter.
Of course, me being the bitter and twisted individual that I am, am obviously being too harsh on these temporary supporters as for the most part, they probably do actually hold those opinions and beliefs and the event is just an opportunity for them to express them in a more welcome than usual forum.

So "what is this all about now?" i hear you virtually ask...
not really sure myself.
on the one hand, as the title alludes to, I want to highlight the way that people go with the current popular opinion oh, so easily. In the UK the best recent example would probably be the whole Diana death thing; no one gives a damn until the memorial day comes around again. Not true? Ask yourself, can you remember the date? Oh, and don't even get me started on George Best...

Shouldn't there be more emphasis on such things that are ultimately something that has changed the way we lived (not so much with Diana who I have to admit, I don't care for too much) but what of things such as the end of World War Two, the day the Berlin Wall came down and even more local events such as the Paddington train crash or the bombing of Canary Wharf that signalled the end of the ceasefire.
It seems that more and more these days, such things are deemed almost unimportant. Ok, again, this might not be entirely fair but still, things that i think should be taught in schools aren't or at least things are taught in such a remote way that the importance is lost. Do people really understand the importance of the Normandy landing? The significance of the results of the actions of so many people?
On a slightly perverted tangent, is it going to take careful planning by parties to make certain events more memorable? 9/11 and god help me.... july 7th (7/7....... ugh... i've actually heard someone try to call it like that)? Does it have to have a catchy title to make it stick in people's minds?

But i seem to have digressed again.
I started this post with a memory of a conversation I've had about the urge by some to buy the lastest what-ever with this chat in particular being focused on the X-Box 360 . In particular, it was about and I'm almost embarrased to admit this, which machine is/will be better between the usual suspects (X-box/playstation; yes yes, i am gadget loving geek at heart). The result of this discussion, as expected, came out that to be that ultimately, the machine doesn't matter and that it was the games that make it what it is; after all, a machine with crap games does no one any good. Of course, there is also the purely objective perspective that on one level, any particular machine might actually be technically better but how much relelvance does that actually have with the casual consumer gamer? And this is really where my particular gripe comes into it. Too many people seem to have opinions based on well, nothing; they form a bias towards something without even knowing what it is that they are talking about. In particular, they seem so focused on havin their opinion on something that they miss the simple fact that opinions should be open to change depending on the given information. They seem intent on claiming that their opinion, in this case based on a known bias towards a brand, is the correct one.

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I've had this post on the draft list and have been going back to it every day to try and see just what it is I was trying to say but alas, the thought seems to have left me. I think it's time I admit defeat and just click on that "publish post" button.