July Hibernation

[glaconman]

Keep it coming Fella. It's enriching and wonderful to read.

One thing it brought to mind was an excerpt from 'Bowling For Columbine' the doco by Michael Moore. It was a conversation with Marilyn Manson who had been accused by conservative reactionaries of exacerbating, or even causing, the problem of violence through his music. What he said was beautiful:

Moore:"If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine and the people in that community, what would you say to them, if they were here right now?"

Manson:"I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say."

In that one sentence he showed more intelligence and maturity than all the half-wits who are wheeled out after these events to point the finger.

Rather mischievously it also brings to mind a scene from a Woody Allen film were he's wandering through Central Park looking for a team for his son to join; but all the teams are faith or belief based and he's stuck in some kind of nihilistic rut so he can't join any. He feels so excluded and is determined to get some strong beliefs so at least his son can join a sports team.

Anyway, I'm not taking the p*ss - that last observation is directly related to my own pickled state-of-mind; not anybody elses.

It's these kind of threads that get me out of the door. Like they did tonight for the first time in bloody ages. So thanks for that.