I'm not disputing my school friends' intelligence, as they are all very clever and good at a wide variety of things, but I just think that it is important to know at least a bit about current affairs, as I feel it is possible to change things in the world if only people knew how to go about it. I feel it's this apathy that's allowing, if not fuelling at least some of the problems in this world. So yes, I suppose people don't need to have read the works of Shakespeare or have heard of Beowulf to make a difference, (though it would be nice if these works were remembered) however, if nobody cared about what's going on now beyond the marital status of their next door neighbour or the latest antics of a soap star, an awful lot of nasty people will start to gain power and a lot of mistakes will be made, and by the time the apathetics (?) realise this, it may be doubly difficult, if not too late, to put things right again.

Oh yeah, I do like Friends and stuff like that too.

Isn't it Beowulf (belligerentyouth)
How did I spell- Oh, heh heh... Oops!