Friday, November 04, 2005

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"