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Thread #31321   Message #1966254
Posted By: bubblyrat
13-Feb-07 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: Powerful Songs That Make You Uneasy - 2
Subject: RE: Powerful Songs That Make You Uneasy - 2
I have no objection 'per se' to people who ,rightly or wrongly,feel that their oppression needs direct action,rather than words alone. In fact,there is something very romantic ,and almost admirable,about the notion of a nation rising up under arms against a cruel and tyrannical regime----History has given us Pancho Villa & the Mexicans,William Tell & the Swiss,Spartacus & the Roman Slaves,The Jews in the Warsaw Ghettoes, Yes,OK, the Bolsheviks even (under the circumstances )------The list goes on.But the indiscriminate slaughter of defenceless innocents in pursuit of a liberty that the democratic majority don"t want in the first place, is morally & ethically indefensible. Give a man a rifle and a uniform , and you have a Patriot. Give him a face-mask,some Semtex, and a timer,and you have the Devil himself. Graviora Quaedam Sunt Remedia Periculis.!!