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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Artists and Protest |
| Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:29:29 -0800 (PST) |
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~~~~how can you be so sure she didn't mean it?? i
think that's diminishing what she might actually
think. i worry about this sort of thinking,
especially because she is a woman.
oh silly thing, she didn't really MEAN that.
jocelyn
--- cpeel@killertracks.com wrote:
> Every singer who has not said something regrettable
> onstage, raise your
> hand.
>
> I don't imagine that Natalie Maines meant to make a
> strong statement with
> her remark, one that would need to be "backed up."
> What probably felt to her
> like an informal quip of between song banter has
> turned much bigger than she
> ever meant it to.
>
> Imagine yourself onstage in front of a recent
> British audience. You're in
> front of a crowd that everyone knows has been very
> vocal about their
> opposition to our, and their own government's recent
> decisions, and who you
> get the feeling might be under the false impression
> that President Bush is
> the quintessential Texan. We can be behind our
> President all we want, but
> one can not ignore the fact that President Bush's
> actions and motives are
> viewed with skepticism by the majority citizens in
> many nations at best, and
> as a liar at worst. He is characterized by most
> world cartoonists as a
> cowboy, who shoots first and asks questions later.
> Most of the world, does
> not get their news from Fox News. The English get it
> from Sky News and the
> BBC who ask tough questions our journalists just
> won't. The perception
> overseas is one of cynicism about America. They
> report regularly on how
> Bush, Rumsfeld et. al. claimed Iraq was building
> nuclear weapons, had links
> to Al Qaeda, etc. and in lieu of providing solid
> evidence tried to pass off
> what had been shown to be falsified, even
> plagiarized reports, non-credible
> reports. Now that all other reasons have been shot
> through, we're now
> pushing on anyway, "Liberating" and "Nation
> Building", implementing a policy
> that President Bush himself derided in the 2000
> election. So whether you're
> with him or not, it's all been a bit embarrassing -
> at least if you find
> yourself overseas, away from the Fox/CNN cocoon.
> Even our President's poor
> command of the English language would be an
> embarrassment for some people
> standing before an English audience. If I wasn't
> embarrassed by the
> President I would at least be embarrassed by the
> false impression people
> have that Texans are bellicose people who can't
> speak well and act on
> minimal information [of course being able to act on
> minimal information is
> often a prime requirement for "leadership."]
>
> Unfortunately for Ms. Maines, she's a celebrity and
> her toss off meant to
> endear her to the English crowd was quickly taken
> out of context and
> interpreted as a formal declaration of
> anti-Americanism. It wasn't. But
> these are touchy times we're living in. Careful what
> you say. Especially if
> you're in any way in public, i.e. onstage. The war
> and its rhetoric are
> breeding extremism in many forms, here and abroad.
>
> Peace,
>
> Carl
>
> NP Ryan Adams "Nuclear" - a great power pop song to
me.
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