Re: Newsweek article

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

I believe it was the Marquis de Sade (or my Bubbe Leonora -- I always
confuse them) who said, "No good deed goes unpunished. I went back
through the archives of the list to see what stuff hit the fan around
Shirona's original posting of the Onion piece (I was having server
trouble and was only getting about every third message from the list)
and realized that my appeal to Ari to get us back on topic was probably
taken as a response to her original posting.

If that is the case my sincere apologies to Shirona -- I had already
received the Onion piece and loved it. My reaction was to the person who
chose to read it as an opportunity to attack Dubya from the Likudnik
right. That was what I considered to be inappropriate.

Personally I think satire of music is always pertinent on this list. I
just didn't want to get into a wrangle over the question of a
Palestinian state. (If you really care what I think on that question,
ask me off list sometime when I'm in a better mood.)

(By the way, did you know that trying to read this list in archive form
is about as much fun as trying to nail jello to a tree? One more reason
for me to kick my ISP's butt.)

Best,
George (Marquis de Matzo Balls) Robinson






> shirona wrote:
> 
> Dear Ari and all,
> 
> Please forgive the self serving and non-musical nature of this posting
> - but after being "close to traumatized" by some of the negative
> reactions to my recommending the Onion to this list ( some members
> suggested taking me off the list! ) - I can't help but feel somewhat
> vindicated...
> 
> This week's Newsweek dedicated a half page to - - - The Onion!
> Furthermore - the very two articles I recommended were featured with
> photos.
> 
> Here are some quotes:
> 
> "I don't think the act of laughter negates the act of crying. The two
> are not mutually exclusive"
> 
> "Sarcasm and irony are tools used by people who really do care...
> people employ irony and sarcasm - we do - because we're bothered by
> false sentiment..."
> 
> Off to celebrate Simchat Torah.  As the Hassidic song goes - "mitzvah
> g'dola li'hiyot besimcha, li'hiot besimcha tamid..."
> 
> ;-)
> Shirona
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-- 
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, 
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing 
evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but
you 
cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you 
murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely 
increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiples violence, 
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness 
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out 
hate: Only love can do that."
                                --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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