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Subject: Re: Ignorance or arrogance? 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:13:48 CDT."
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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:43:34 -0400
From: Lee D Perlman <lperlman@MIT.EDU>


<Personally? I found the whole telefon ridiculously sad. If they
really, and I mean **really**, cared about anything but
themselves, they wouldn't have drawn so much attention to
their efforts, what "they" were doing, and would have simply done
it -- quietly.>

I found it remarkably dignified and quite moving in places.  One thing that
impressed me was that they did not identify any of the artists.  They were
clearly trying to keep self-promotion to a minimum.  I also liked that some
artists chose not to perform their own song, but rather the song they felt
most appropriate to the occasion (e.g. Neil Young - Imagine).  I do not want
artists to be quiet during times like these.  These are just the times when
we need our artists.

Lee
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