[Mb-civic] RE: Extremism Is No Excuse

[richard haase]

i was never blown away by the beatles
i mean i liked them
but i never got the whole john lennon is brilliant thing
to me he wrote pop songs
but the kind of magic and brilliance they attribute to the beatles
that i feel i got from HAIR ; that i feel is true of HAIR
a work of brilliance in the same genre
i always felt
just my personal opinion
what is the take america purple concept?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Erman" <marsha808 at hotmail.com>
To: <michael at michaelbutler.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: [Mb-civic] RE: Extremism Is No Excuse


> Hey Michael.
> Interesting blogging.
> Although I agree with your take on the Purple America concept,
> I think that some of the criticism you have received may be due to
> semantics rather than content.
> In espousing the "hippy" philosophy(if that's what you want to call it),
> I have only echoed the beliefs of such diverse "extremists" as the Buddha,
> Jesus, Ghandi, Mother Theresa, the Beatles, the people who brought us
> Hair...
> oh, I dunno, maybe even Eminem.
> Clearly a group of extremists.
> However, at the center of these extreme messages was Truth.
> It is truth and honesty that lead to Peace and Love, which is what we all
> want.
> Their extreme message was that we are not supposed to "knuckle to juice";
> that we must speak truth to power, even if it's scary.
> That we must speak our truth in the face of hypocracy.
> Back in the sixties we demonstrated against the establishment and
> they dismissed us as "fringe".
> Eminem's eloquent pleas for an end to gang violence and an end to the war
in
> Iraq
> grew out of a decidedly unenlightened genre of music called "gangsta rap".
> This is the transformation from darkness to light.
> >From hate to love.
> Call it Hope, or maybe Faith, which is the exact opposite of religious
> fanaticism.
> We could certainly use a modern leader like JFK who had the vision and
> charisma
> to unite this red and blue nation and lead it to end this current and
> escalating
> passive-aggressive civil war we have going on.
> Furthermore, we must, as you pointed out, envision a purple planet.
> We need leadership that strives to extend friendship and good will to our
> global community.
> I have always considered myself a patriot.  I love the idea of democracy.
> Call me an extremist.....whatever.
> Peace and Love,
> Marsha xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
>
>
> >From: Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> >To: SPECIAL from Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> >Subject: Extremism Is No Excuse
> >Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:49:16 -0800
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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