Re: Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...)
Johne Cook <[email protected]>
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Again, man does not make something sacred, God does. Sent from my Droid Incredible On Jan 15, 2011 3:16 PM, "Karl Swenson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't we treat them sacred? The originals are enshrined in our capital, > guarded and protected. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of pcg > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:19 PM > To: DADL (off topic) > Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...) > > Uh, you don't see any distinction between the function of political > speech and rock music lyrics? (I assume you're being facetious.) > > I dunno how many different ways to say it. I'd never noticed anyone > referring to government documents as sacred things. If it had been > Obama or *anyone* else, I wouldve been just as taken aback. > > And, yeah, as a writer, I *do* care about the currency of language. > > Still not sure where to come down on the whole thing, though. > > > > On 1/15/11, Mike Findlay <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm listening to Bruce Springsteen's 10th Avenue Freezeout from the Live >> From Madison Square Garden. >> >> Man I'd hate to hear what you religious terminology fanatics would say > about >> this one. He wants to hold a rock n roll exorcism, a rock n roll baptism >> and a rock n roll barmitzvah; he wants to go the river of faith; the river >> of life, etc all in a rock n roll setting. He is explicitly coopting >> spiritual/religious language for rock n roll purposes. >> >> I'm more convinced than ever that you guys are really over stepping in > your >> criticism of Palin for referring to the constitution as sacred. You are >> entitled to your opinion but it doesn't reflect reality. >> >> Mike F. >> >> >> -- >> dadl-ot mailing list >> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot >> > > > -- > -pcg > [email protected] > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot