Bring on the clowns
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- biffvernon
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Bring on the clowns
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
The rest of Gerry Raffety and Joe Egan's words: http://www.risa.co.uk/sla/song.php?songid=25983
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Would the world be a better place with them alive or dead. What is worrying is one needs to think on that, yet if it was a picture of working class man the answer would be given in a heartbeat.
"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." — Thomas Edison, 1931
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Re: Bring on the clowns
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
Revolution is about changing systems. Changing leaders is just window dressing.biffvernon wrote:It wouldn't help. The history of revolution shows that getting rid of one set of rulers just results in a new, equally dreadful, set replacing them. Its the system that needs changing not the people at the top.
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Re: Bring on the clowns
Sadly - and contrary to many of their actions and words - they inhabit the same planet as I.stumuzz wrote:WTF have they got to do with you?emordnilap wrote:
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
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Ok, but that means there's never been a revolution yet. We've just had leadership changes.stevecook172001 wrote:Revolution is about changing systems. Changing leaders is just window dressing.biffvernon wrote:It wouldn't help. The history of revolution shows that getting rid of one set of rulers just results in a new, equally dreadful, set replacing them. Its the system that needs changing not the people at the top.
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English Civil War?biffvernon wrote:Ok, but that means there's never been a revolution yet. We've just had leadership changes.stevecook172001 wrote:Revolution is about changing systems. Changing leaders is just window dressing.biffvernon wrote:It wouldn't help. The history of revolution shows that getting rid of one set of rulers just results in a new, equally dreadful, set replacing them. Its the system that needs changing not the people at the top.
Peter.
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the seconds to hours?
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It was, unfortunately(?) ahead of its time,biffvernon wrote:The civil war changed the leadership for only a very few years and certainly didn't change the system so, according to Steve's definition, no revolution.
Peter.
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the seconds to hours?