tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post6592920201202502372..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: This is timelyHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-34220056354746906862010-12-06T16:59:10.000+00:002010-12-06T16:59:10.000+00:00The tyrants messages were drummed to a pounding, p...The tyrants messages were drummed to a pounding, primal and even charasmatic beat. The sub-rythmns of jazz were anathema to them as it de-focused the thoughts of the people onto a myriad of impulses.<br /><br />Correlation of the prominence of (particular streams of) music to the (human society's) discount rate, through the ages, would be a good research topic, to while-away the evenings ??joesoapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-63673324474799635462010-12-06T16:58:50.000+00:002010-12-06T16:58:50.000+00:00The tyrants messages were drummed to a pounding, p...The tyrants messages were drummed to a pounding, primal and even charasmatic beat. The sub-rythmns of jazz were anathema to them as it de-focused the thoughts of the people onto a myriad of impulses.<br /><br />Correlation of the prominence of (particular streams of) music to the (human society's) discount rate, through the ages, would be a good research topic, to while-away the evenings ??joesoapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-89858446480337497572010-12-01T22:00:54.000+00:002010-12-01T22:00:54.000+00:00I like the idea of listening to the Brubeck piece ...I like the idea of listening to the Brubeck piece eternally, though I wouldn't think that was punishment. I love Brubeck. <br /><br />The Katyn Memorial did eventually go up but there was a great deal of opposition and no official person was present at the unveiling. I really should add that now that the Duma has acknowledged Soviet guilt, the FCO might like to do the same. This does not show the FCO in a particularly good light: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/who-we-are/our-history/historical-publications/research-projects/katyn/introduction/katyn-in-cold-war/Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-71104491449441783882010-12-01T17:31:01.000+00:002010-12-01T17:31:01.000+00:00If I remember rightly, left wing clerics in the Ch...If I remember rightly, left wing clerics in the Church of England (no doubt encouraged by the FCO) refused the Poles a site for a public memorial to Katyn in London on the grounds that it might upset relations with the Soviet Union. This was long after everyone knew that it was one atrocity which the Nazis did not commit. I hope that Hitler and Stalin were given front seats in their infernal abode and made to listen to the Brubeck piece - eternally.Edward Spaltonnoreply@blogger.com