I think what eccentricity can represent in terms of the fear it engenders is a challenge to what is already considered right or good by people who have invested a certain amount into their life and livelihood that is not eccentric, but centric. If there`s a challenge to that, that can make people concerned that either what is considered a safe way of living or a good way of living may be pulled out from under them. I can understand that. That`s why countercultural film movements are important since it`s lacking in the culture right now. There`s an idea that there`s value to an alternate point of view, but everything that`s presented in the media is procultural, and it makes people nervous when there hasn`t been a true discussion of alternate points of view. There`s no general discussion in the media.
- Crispin GloverCombining the great things that AKO has done in the past with the net-centric future that Army modularity will provide -- this is a great opportunity for the Army,
- Kevin Carrollyou`ve really got an auto-centric mentality among the bureaucratic elite. They`ve got absolutely no conception of the role that rail plays. ... All they`re trying to do is to destroy the company and not have their fingerprints on it.
- David Gunn