I do realize that the freedom of speech is nonexistent during the "time
of war" but, what needs to be said will be, regardless of the
consequences.
During all this bombardment of war-time propaganda, excessive
speculations, and dis-information, I would like to take a moment to
point out one simple thing. (for those of you who don't know because you
live outside of the US, there has been a 24 hour Media Frenzy since this
event has occurred. No commercials, no cartoons, the only thing on major
networks is news, well at least this morning when I last watched TV)
Nothing is as it seems.
What really caused all this? Not one thing that I have seen or heard has
explained why someone would be so driven as to do what was done. If
people are willing to go to such great lengths to prove their point,
shouldn't we be informed what exactly they where trying to say. Well, we
all know that the universal language is body language and that actions
speak louder than words.... So, I suppose we can all understand on some
level and to some degree.
As a country, all of our priorities are in the wrong place.
Especially now. It is "time of war" so Health and Schooling issues are
on the back burner, to paraphrase a Senator.
Ask yourself this question:
Now that the WTC is in the headlights, what are we missing? Exactly how
random was this Great Distraction? Or, more precisely, on what level was
all this calculated in order to achieve the desired outcome? Whose game
are we playing into? The defined enemy's or the unseen self destructive
force that threatens to annihilate humanity on a more global scale.
WTC proves that the time of Change is upon us.
Hopefully, change for the better. It is up to each and everyone to stand
up for what needs to be recognized as the issue. Excessive consumerism
is poisoning the planet. Violence will solve nothing. Peace, Love and
Moderation. Not Justice. Justice is in the eye of the beholder. There
will always be an avenger for un-justified "justice".
What does all this have to do with the music industry?
Music is the weapon of the populous. Music can help communicate the
greater message that is greater than any individual notes or words. So I
urge everyone on the IDM-List to document these days, with music.
Preserve the historical context through our modern day electronic folk
music. CAPTURE YOU EMOTIONS, MAKE A STATEMENT. Catalyze society,
facilitate change.
(For example, evolution control committee - rocked by rape!!)
I feel that I have not said enough, yet I prolly said too much. So, on a
closing note I have attached the following (an eMail from Michael Moore)
due to the fact that his points of view have not been addressed
elsewhere, to my knowledge.
Do not let the lives that where lost go un-avenged.
duncan van halluciphile
fwd: [Mike's Message] Death, Downtown
Dear friends,
I was supposed to fly today on the 4:30 PM American Airlines flight from
LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in L.A. with an incredible
range of emotions over what has happened on the island where I work and
live in New York City.
My wife and I spent the first hours of the day -- after being awakened
by phone calls from our parents at 6:40am PT -- trying to contact our
daughter at school in New York and our friend JoAnn who works near the
World Trade Center.
I called JoAnn at her office. As someone picked up, the first tower
imploded, and the person answering the phone screamed and ran out,
leaving me no clue as to whether or not she or JoAnn would live.
It was a sick, horrible, frightening day.
On December 27, 1985 I found myself caught in the middle of a terrorist
incident at the Vienna airport -- which left 30 people dead, both there
and at the Rome airport. (The machine-gunning of passengers in each city
was timed to occur at the same moment.)
I do not feel like discussing that event tonight because it still brings
up too much despair and confusion as to how and why I got to live
a
fluke, a mistake, a few feet on the tarmac, and I am still here, there
but for the grace of
Safe. Secure. Im an American, living in America. I like my illusions. I
walk through a metal detector, I put my carry-ons through an x-ray
machine, and I know all will be well.
Heres a short list of my experiences lately with airport security:
* At the Newark Airport, the plane is late at boarding everyone. The
counter cant find my seat. So I am told to just go ahead and get on
-- without a ticket!
* At Detroit Metro Airport, I dont want to put the lunch I just bought
at the deli through the x-ray machine so, as I pass through the metal
detector, I hand the sack to the guard through the space between the
detector and the x-ray machine. I tell him Its just a sandwich. He
believes me and doesnt bother to check. The sack has gone through
neither security device.
* At LaGuardia in New York, I check a piece of luggage, but decide to
catch a later plane. The first plane leaves without me, but with my bag
-- no one knowing what is in it.
* Back in Detroit, I take my time getting off the commuter plane. By the
time I have come down its stairs, the bus that takes the passengers to
the terminal has left -- without me. I am alone on the tarmac, free to
wander wherever I want. So I do. Eventually, I flag down a pick-up truck
and an airplane mechanic gives me a ride the rest of the way to the
terminal.
* I have brought knives, razors; and once, my traveling companion
brought a hammer and chisel. No one stopped us.
Of course, I have gotten away with all of this because the airlines
consider my safety SO important, they pay rent-a-cops $5.75 an hour to
make sure the bad guys dont get on my plane. That is what my life is
worth -- less than the cost of an oil change.
Too harsh, you say? Well, chew on this: a first-year pilot on American
Eagle (the commuter arm of American Airlines) receives around $15,000 a
year in annual pay.
Thats right -- $15,000 for the person who has your life in his hands.
Until recently, Continental Express paid a little over $13,000 a year.
There was one guy, an American Eagle pilot, who had four kids so he went
down to the welfare office and applied for food stamps -- and he was
eligible!
Someone on welfare is flying my plane? Is this for real? Yes, it is.
So spare me the talk about all the precautions the airlines and the FAA
is taking. They, like all businesses, are concerned about one thing --
the bottom line and the profit margin.
Four teams of 3-5 people were all able to penetrate airport security on
the same morning at 3 different airports and pull off this heinous act?
My only response is -- thats all?
Well, the pundits are in full diarrhea mode, gushing on about the
terrorist threat and todays scariest dude on planet earth -- Osama
bin Laden. Hey, who knows, maybe he did it. But, something just doesnt
add up.
Am I being asked to believe that this guy who sleeps in a tent in a
desert has been training pilots to fly our most modern, sophisticated
jumbo jets with such pinpoint accuracy that they are able to hit these
three targets without anyone wondering why these planes were so far off
path?
Or am I being asked to believe that there were four religious/political
fanatics who JUST HAPPENED to be skilled airline pilots who JUST
HAPPENED to want to kill themselves today?
Maybe you can find one jumbo jet pilot willing to die for the cause --
but FOUR? Ok, maybe you can -- I dont know.
What I do know is that all day long I have heard everything about this
bin Laden guy except this one fact -- WE created the monster known as
Osama bin Laden!
Where did he go to terrorist school? At the CIA!
Dont take my word for it -- I saw a piece on MSNBC last year that laid
it all out. When the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, the CIA trained
him and his buddies in how to commits acts of terrorism against the
Soviet forces. It worked! The Soviets turned and ran. Bin Laden was
grateful for what we taught him and thought it might be fun to use those
same techniques against us.
We abhor terrorism -- unless were the ones doing the terrorizing.
We paid and trained and armed a group of terrorists in Nicaragua in the
1980s who killed over 30,000 civilians. That was OUR work. You and me.
Thirty thousand murdered civilians and who the hell even remembers!
We fund a lot of oppressive regimes that have killed a lot of innocent
people, and we never let the human suffering THAT causes to interrupt
our day one single bit.
We have orphaned so many children, tens of thousands around the world,
with our taxpayer-funded terrorism (in Chile, in Vietnam, in Gaza, in
Salvador) that I suppose we shouldnt be too surprised when those
orphans grow up and are a little whacked in the head from the horror we
have helped cause.
Yet, our recent domestic terrorism bombings have not been conducted by a
guy from the desert but rather by our own citizens: a couple of
ex-military guys who hated the federal government.
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>>From the first minutes of todays events, I never heard that possibility