A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead. Jean Baudrillard More Quotes by Jean Baudrillard More Quotes From Jean Baudrillard The local is a shabby thing. There's nothing worse than bringing us back down to our own little corner, our own territory, the radiant promiscuity of the face to face. A culture which has taken the risk of the universal, must perish by the universal. Jean Baudrillard Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Jean Baudrillard boredom crime worst world