From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com
In article , Greg
Heilers wrote:
> The point that should never be forgotten....in any part of this thread...
> is that this healthy discussion of competing ideologies is a *good* thing.
> People seem to *always* gripe when a news group thread turns to politics.
>
> B.S. -- for two reasons alone:
>
> 1) Most, if not all, of us...in social settings of two or more people;
> *always* steer the discussion to politics. No matter what the reason for
> the gathering. Shoot...in every gathering of scale modelers, and historical
> miniaturists, I have been involved with....95% of the discussion is always
> about politics. I have even run into a Liberal person, once, in my 25 year
> involvement in the hobby (but he was a "yellow dog", being that way out of
> tradition, not because he actually BELIEVED in what they say...lol)...If
> you find yourself amidst a group of people who *don't* eventually discuss
> political matters....RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!...as you have run across one of
> them thar "undecideds", or "who cares?" types. Escape now, lest their
> "abandonment of their civic duty" might rub off on you...lol.
>
> 2) I am surprised (pleasantly, though), that no one here has replied with
> the cliched "Politics has no business being on a Beach Boys news group"
> answer. It should be re-pointed out, that David Leaf's "official" liner
> notes in the now "official" release of SMiLE....delves into politics,
> namely the political climate of the 1966-1967 era of the earliest SMiLE
> sessions. So, in a way...political discussion has been "officially"
> been made a part of SMiLE.
I suspect they're taking one look at the subject line and avoiding it
like the plague.
I'm in a swing state, and I've NEVER seen anything like the endless
stream of TV ads. It's like some kind of psychology experiment you'd
expect to see on The Twilight Zone.
Derek
>
> :o)
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