Or something like that.
In his characteristically circular manner, Jerry Garcia explains why the Grateful Dead never bothered with anti-war politics and didn’t write anti-war songs — in a video of anti-war demonstrations to the tune of “Cream Puff War”:
All in all, it’s a remarkably good period video, and I recognized some people I knew.
War and peace are in fact similar in one important respect. Both are things humanity can’t live with, and can’t live without. We hate to love them and love to hate them.
Enjoy.
But should I start treating the Culture War that way?
No way. I must redouble my efforts to take it seriously!
“If you want war, prepare for peace!”
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I met that guy with the airplanes on his shoulders at a number of demos in the 60s.
That would have General Waste More Land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hersheybar
The Jerry Garcia quote reminds of a recent Mencius Moldbug post ( http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/09/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified.html )
I tried (and failed) to excerpt from it but it’s basically recommending passivism in the culture war to the right – noting that progressivism feeds on opposition and imagined oppression. Absent an opponent the culture war from the left ceases to exist…
I can’t say I always agree with (or understand) Moldbug but I’m pretty sure there’s no one else like him. It’s worth a read if you’ve got 30 minutes…
Was there a picture of the Century City demo in the video? Yes there was. I was there. I remember meeting a communist chick in the park before the demo and she was telling me you had to fight the man. I told her that she was just going to get beat.
Next day I saw a picture of her in the paper (LA Times I think) getting her skull cracked by police.
I was on the bridge shown at the end. The vibes were getting very bad. Me and my posse left before the head cracking started.
It all seems so naive now. The communists killed 100,000 after the war was over and another 250,000 died at sea trying to escape the murders.
I second the recommendation of Moldbug, he is without a doubt one of the most thought-provoking bloggers there is.
I just want to say, I love the flag.
I am so stealing that (not the actual pic, but the design), sorry.
That must make so many, very diverse, heads pop with OUTRAGE!!!!!!