Cuture wars

Did you catch the cute juxtaposition in the NY Times Magazine yesterday?

First they have an article about how Dan Schneider, the former child star from Head of the Class who now creates TV shows for the 7 to 12 year-old set. The article says that these kids control about $39B of purchasing power and that their parents give the kids the buying decision because they feel that the kids know more about movies, music, vacations spots, foods, cellphones and probably even politics and sex than they do.

But if you wonder how the world has gotten to be so mixed-up and upside down, that is quickly answered by the next article, which is about Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of a very established and adult institution of traditional values. His views on movies, music, vacations spots, foods, cellphones, and probably politics and sex, would blast the world back to the fourteen century.

I need not worry about the demand for my services.