I think this just might be my favourite sentence I've written so far. (Though I'm not sure that's saying much. For one thing it's only dubiously grammatical and definitely a little run-on, but I'm going to say that's for rhetorical effect).
"Today we live in a marketplace of identity, with people adopting a consumeristic attitude toward the construction of their greatest purchase — themselves — picking and choosing from the available styles, ideas, cultures, and spiritualities; customizing the details of each element to suit themselves; yet always remaining non-committal and un-affiliated, instantly discarding whatever element isn't appealing; individualism on crack, on steroids — 'it's all about me and what I want.' "
Railed the guy busy constructing an on-line identity via a blog.
(It originally occured near the end of Part 3 of my previously mentioned Deconstructing Religion post, in the section called 'Dipping a Toe in Postmodernity').
Saturday, December 20, 2008
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