Big Babies: Or : why Can't We Just Grow Up?'Big Babies' is for everyone who has ever thought 'What the hell is going on here?'. Michael Bywater turns his penetrating eye on the state of Western culture, from politics and the media to showbusiness and science, and concludes that we are all big babies now. |
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... laws * and learned to drive and got a job and perhaps a spouse and maybe even chil- dren , and quite possibly even ... law turn next ? And I can't help you . Find another sucker . ** It really is the outside world ; it just doesn't seem ...
... laws * and learned to drive and got a job and perhaps a spouse and maybe even chil- dren , and quite possibly even ... law turn next ? And I can't help you . Find another sucker . ** It really is the outside world ; it just doesn't seem ...
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... laws ( proposed or enacted ) are stupid , and their regulations and their plans and their consul- tancy documents ... laws of Modernity , it is valid . Mad people who agree , because under the laws of Modernity we may not mock others ...
... laws ( proposed or enacted ) are stupid , and their regulations and their plans and their consul- tancy documents ... laws of Modernity , it is valid . Mad people who agree , because under the laws of Modernity we may not mock others ...
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... laws , laws of no importance except ( exceptional circumstances ! ) they are laws , and they simultaneously require and legitimise the extended application of power . And it's a short step from laws about no rare hamburgers and no ...
... laws , laws of no importance except ( exceptional circumstances ! ) they are laws , and they simultaneously require and legitimise the extended application of power . And it's a short step from laws about no rare hamburgers and no ...
Contents
What on Earth Is Going On Here? | 1 |
Who Do You Think You Are? | 29 |
What Do You Think You Look Like? | 64 |
Copyright | |
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