No worries, Ernest. I just wanted her to know where Wolfgang addressed it.

Yes, Kevin, I agree with much of your observations. I think that when we look back at a time, whether it was Wounded Knee, My Lai, Aushwitz, that we recognize that the perpetrators must be looked at from the perspective of their humanity. It is important that we not see them as monsters, as much as everyday people who did montrous acts. I believe that it is necessary to recognize that reality, and the sense of right and wrong, often is distorted in the crucible of the times. And finally, we must always attempt to honestly stick ourselves into those shoes and ask ourselves honestly what we would do. By ask ourselves, I mean we must sink into the innermost places of our mind, oblivious to those around us, and be brutally honest with ourselves.

This is one of the reasons I am so concerned with the fluid sense of what is right and wrong that I see in todays society. It is why I take on the folks that immorally download music, for example. It is why I take on young folks that seem to think something is wrong only if you are caught. It is why I take on folks that want to mitigate right and wrong, using alibi's like "I don't feel bad ripping off big corporations" whether it is music or anything else. I am not trapped in old ways, but neither should certain things be discarded just because they are old. I don't care whether your base is religious, or just living an ethical life, there are certain values that are timeless and are not subject to evolutionary thinking. One shouldn't steal. When one takes something that they know should be paid for, that is theft whether it is from BMG or Folk Legacy or an Independent Artist.

It is a sense of fluid morality that ultimately leads to things like Aushwitz, or Wounded Knee, or Rosewood, Florida. Ignoring sad pasts does the same thing.

Mick