I do not mean that they choose what is customary, in preference to what suits their own inclination. It does not occur to them to have any inclination, except for what is customary. Thus the mind itself is bowed to the yoke: even in what people do for pleasure, conformity is the first thing thought of; they like in crowds; they exercise choice only among things commonly done: peculiarity of taste, eccentricity of conduct, are shunned equally with crimes: until by dint of not following their own nature, they have no nature to follow: their human capacities are withered and starved: they become incapable of any strong wishes or native pleasures, and are generally without either opinions or feelings of home growth, or properly their own. Now is this, or is it not, the desirable condition of human nature?

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Seeing as I don't have a job yet, I thought I may as well watch as many films as possible. 28 Days Later was on last night, and I loved it. I love zombie films in general - not because of the zombies, but because I love post-apocalyptic or dystopian film and books. They raise so many interesting questions.

I wonder what I would do in such a situation (yes, I know how unlikely it is to occur). I'm not sure whether I'd grab a kitchen knife and large pointy stick and struggle to stay alive, or whether I'd just overdose on some pills. And I wonder if, in such a situation, people really would abandon morality and aim to preserve themselves. The two main reasons I see to be moral are God and society. A zombie-ish situation would probably make one renounce faith in God, and society would have collapsed.

So, this came at just the right time:
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In other news, I have finally given in and got a facebook.

This Harry Potter puppet parody rocks: