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Re: yet do not, i would not go
Sheesh Kelvo, feel strongly about this?
I used to have a problem with celebrities who endorsed causes too. Now, it
just seems like one of those things where everything will work out for the
greater good. I mean the celebrity's motivations may not be pure (I know I'm
frequently selfish in the things I try to do on my own level--are there
really any true altruistic gestures out there--porbably very few ) but in the
end, someone does profit from the act. If I want to focus on the negative
aspect, it will only negatively effect me and my world view. If I choose to
focus on the positive then I am still aware of the negative, and can make
decent decisons about the situation, but I'm not all wrapped up in something
I cannot change.
Just a few quick thouhts before I head off into the rain.
M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelvin Bailey" <prestokelvo at yahoo_com>
To: <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:10 hi mark
Subject: Re: yet do not, i would not go
>
> --- rhys daily <shadow at teuton_org> wrote:
> >
> > but why? why is it bad for someone in the public eye
> > to support something
> > publicly?
> >
> > is it their method, or the idea that they do it at
> > all?
> >
> > but i don't think you're saying famous type people
> > shouldn't support
> > stuff, jst not with the bad emotional pleas.
>
> Yeah. Support a good cause, fer Pete's sake.
> Everyone should do that.
>
> Kelvin's Primer for Politically Active Artists:
>
> Don't try make me feel like your cause is the most
> important thing in the world and if I don't jump on it
> I'm shallow and selfish.
> If you're gonna talk the talk in your shows and on
> your album covers, you darned well better be walking
> the walk.
> If your "activism" is only done in the public eye, you
> have far less credibility than if you were actually
> doing something.
> If your music becomes about pushing the
> political/philosophical cause you're espousing, it
> becomes propaganda.
>
> Just some thoughts...
>
> Kelvin
>
> support PETA - Physicians for the Erratic Treatment of Acne
>
> =====
> Screw the whales.
> Save the subjunctive!
>
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