Too right about Americal Idol and all that bilge.

BTW, punkfolkrocker, the Luddites were a group of ordinary citizens who didn't object to, fear or resent the new technology but rather recognised the mechanisation of jobs previously done by hand along with the introduction of mass production this would bring and the would lead to an inferior product going to the market (There were economic factors involved too - they objected to the introduction of the free market). And how right they were.