The biggest Disease on staten island
An intelligent friend told me the other day: "You know what the biggest Disease on staten island is?"
..."Apathy"
Truer words were never spoken. Now before the rant begineth, let me confess that I am at times guilty of this same mind-numbingly indiffent affliction as most of the island.
Many times I hear: "There's nothing to do on S.I.!"....and most of the time they are right. But it is with vague indifference that most S.I. "events" are met with.
Take for example the recent concert at the St. George stadium. Less than half the capacity over 2 days. Many people traveled here to see this show, leading me to believe that out of the few thousand that DID attend, even less were S.I. residents whom are into seeing these sort of events. And this being the biggest rock concert in many a year to hit our shores. Sad, ain't it?
Even on a smaller scale, take most "events" listed in the paper. Very few show up to these meetings.
Why?
Can we chalk it up to the "cocooning" & "Couch potato" mentality that's so rampant today?
Or is it merely the uber-powerful sheeple ethic at work? Once headed along a cretain path, it's very hard sometimes to divert a large flock, as any rancher will tell 'ya. This is especially true in a borough where diversity, creativity and ingenuity are either discouraged or ingored.
Which brings us back to the title of this piece.
..."Apathy"
..."Apathy"
Truer words were never spoken. Now before the rant begineth, let me confess that I am at times guilty of this same mind-numbingly indiffent affliction as most of the island.
Many times I hear: "There's nothing to do on S.I.!"....and most of the time they are right. But it is with vague indifference that most S.I. "events" are met with.
Take for example the recent concert at the St. George stadium. Less than half the capacity over 2 days. Many people traveled here to see this show, leading me to believe that out of the few thousand that DID attend, even less were S.I. residents whom are into seeing these sort of events. And this being the biggest rock concert in many a year to hit our shores. Sad, ain't it?
Even on a smaller scale, take most "events" listed in the paper. Very few show up to these meetings.
Why?
Can we chalk it up to the "cocooning" & "Couch potato" mentality that's so rampant today?
Or is it merely the uber-powerful sheeple ethic at work? Once headed along a cretain path, it's very hard sometimes to divert a large flock, as any rancher will tell 'ya. This is especially true in a borough where diversity, creativity and ingenuity are either discouraged or ingored.
Which brings us back to the title of this piece.
..."Apathy"
posted by edroogie at 5:33 PM
1 Comments:
Really, I think the biggest disease on SI is that our politicians are handed their office almost on a silver platter. The SI Advance falls into line and the shady dealing of a few politicians are never mentioned in the local paper (I find out more about these things in the Daily News or Village Voice).
I am disgusted with the election results. Sure, NASCAR will be built, more houses will go up, our local top leaders not fighting for SI's rights with the rest of city. We don't need more ferry service or better express buses or more cops/firefighters. Raise our taxes too - we can take it. We can send all of our money elsewhere. Oh, only 1 public hs to serve the entire South Shore? Well, parents that really care will pay for private school to avoid those jam packed rooms. Since the schools are still better than the rest of the city send our tax to the other boroughs for their education. 40 to a classroom ain't so bad. Oh yeah, raise the bridge tolls too - afterall, since the public transportation sucks anyway (especially on weekend hours), SI is full of cars. They try to drive over to NJ to save a couple of bucks buying clothes, gas and other stuff -- so stick 'em when they try to get back in.
Whew - I'm stepping off my soapbox (for now).
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