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| From | "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> |
| Subject | Re: Like sand in an hour glass... |
| Date | Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:03:13 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Jaimie Vernon"
<bullseyecanada@h...> wrote:
> At Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 19:04:20 Steve wrote:
>
> > > >Well, really, to some degree everything is transitory,
including us
> > > >and eventually we'll be forgotten too.
> > >
> > > This is what I'm saying.....
> >
> >All right! I largely agree with you that all is transitory.
> >However, I'd argue that things or people that actually impact a
> >culture, while maybe forgotten in terms of cause and effect, would
> >still have a lingering impact. The old cliché of the long forgotten
> >stone hitting the pond but the ripples it causes continuing. Thus,
> >I'd argue even if the Beatles are forgotten someday (500 years from
> >now??), their impact is irreversible. Well, until the planet
freezes
> >over or rock n roll is a memory.
>
> I never said the Beatles didn't make an impact. I never said they
didn't
> have an affect on our culture. What I said was is that they would
be a
> footnote.
Snip..
Jamie,
Sorry, that was a bit messy on my part. I didn't really intend
anything after "however" to be a counter point to anything you said
specifically. I was just thinking out loud, as it were..
(I was meaning to speak more broadly then specifically challenging
you. For better or for worse, I'm more curious about it conceptually
or philosphically then I am concerned about their actual legacy 500
years from now).
Best, Steve D
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