While it's not clear just how worried Ottawa should be about a revolution, as Canada hasn't really faced an honest-to-god popular uprising since the Red River Rebellion, the fear appears to be ever-present.
The Hindu god Murugan, popular among the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, was in his alcove, garlanded in flowers and lighted by dozens of tiny oil lamps.
So let's game it out – not in the austere language of theory but of the empire-building "god games" popular on games consoles.
While previous editions have included big draws ranging from System of a Down to Iron Maiden, this year's No. 2 act was Lamb of God, a popular and widely respected band but not an arena-filler.
It seems odd that the new "light touch" regulator should be so eager to express its preferences and, when it does, to hail so vehemently the god of popular accessibility.
These arguments, says Arnauld, are "only comparisons with men, which … cannot prove anything with regard to God; or popular thoughts not worthy … of a philosopher" (OA, 39 188).
god is popular with athletes they think about him while they practice but rarely will he watch with one of his eyes.
Another sophist, Prodicus, claimed that "the gods of popular belief do not exist".
He described the jubilee concert as a "vulgar traveling show" in which "genuine music" was sacrificed to the gods of popular entertainment.
The gods of popular culture clearly have an impish sense of humor: 20 years later the irreverent bad boy has grown up into a faster-talking, more excitable Cliff Huxtable.
