tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post51341317482216111..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Will history judge society by our graffiti?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69697141428963321352012-03-13T20:43:37.409-05:002012-03-13T20:43:37.409-05:00Don't read too much into graffiti.Don't read too much into graffiti.Leehttp://www.lisastewartlaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25683870073306397182012-03-09T13:02:21.806-06:002012-03-09T13:02:21.806-06:00IF they do the only conclusion they will be able t...IF they do the only conclusion they will be able to make is the entire society we have now is pyschotic!rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31624757005682340212012-03-09T11:40:40.954-06:002012-03-09T11:40:40.954-06:00Well, the thing is, such things are about all we h...Well, the thing is, such things are about all we have of what common people were thinking and writing at the time. Unlike now where we produce so much written material it clogs our garbage processing systems. If society were to completely collapse sure most of that would disappear, but just like the dead sea scrolls survived I suspect that caches would survive from now. There is simply so much more material that to think all of it would disappear is a little far fetched. And that even though modern paper is not as durable, I believe the total quantity would ensure that some of it would survive.<br /><br />Now, the more interesting task I would give our future archeologist would be separating fact from fantasy. Writing 2000 years ago was such a limited commodity that there simply wasn't a great deal of fiction, and the fiction that was written down was for the most part intended to serve a larger purpose than pure entertainment, education, etc.Soronel Haetirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639906179427371695noreply@blogger.com