Although he was singing about struggles in Angola and Mozambique, South Africa, these words sung by Bob Marley are universal and apply to neighbourhoods everywhere.
"Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war
That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war
That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war
That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be persued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war" - Haile Selassie
Peace, Scarlett.
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Yup, mid-July weather here too for a couple of days.
Plants a month ahead of schedule. Maple syrup season a bust. No frost in forecast yet, but it's likely...
Thanks. :)
Rated for a man far from just simple.
We should be at war, in some peaceful way, but we are not. We all have been lulled into a terrible complacency ,but so it goes.
Rated!
"I have been mostly MIA this week due to some unexpected oral (dental sounds much better doesn't it?) surgery. Don't worry, this isn't a call for sympathy and I won't go into details; you don't want to know. Heck, I don't even want to know."
Yes, Zanelle I agree ... wherever he is Marley knows.
Seer: Yes, Like you. :)
fernsy: There's a war going on and will be, "until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned." But I know what you mean about complacency. The warrior spirit needs to rise up from behind the computers ...
jmac: If recall correctly that song was on the Rastaman Vibration album. It had the words from Selassie's speech which I read over and over. It also had the texture of burlap which was good for, well, you know ... (or at least I think you'd know). ;)
scanner: Thankfully, I didn't go into details. I gotta get over there and read your rainbow ...
Tink: How about maple syrup on your pancakes AND peace in our lifetime. Not bloody likely, so okay, pancakes, it is!!
Marty'sHusband: Yes, I think so too. Thanks for sharing the tune, never grows old.
Designanator: Ha. I wish it was that easy.
Ask for the Nitrous Oxide!
Thank you for the post.
Larry: Good one! As emotional a person I can be at times, there is no way that dentist is going to see me cry. The oral surgeon, however, is not so gentle with his needles ... he might yet.
Bleue: I've had the song playing in my head all week so I thought I might as well post it. My one sentence post doesn't deserve the credit; the song says it all. Thanks.
...ask for the nitrous oxide regardless...
Bob Marley is the answer to so many needs. Thanks.
Every time I see your name I am reminded of when I was a guidance counselor at Scarlett Junior High School.
~r
"Come and sing a simple song of freedom,
Sing it like you've never sung before...."
Pace.
green: Glad to share Bob w/ you. Well number 26 is completely gone but there's been something festering where the implant surgery (for the new tooth) was done putting me back to the beginning, with a swollen face to boot. I'm revisiting a chipmunk like visage but with the temperament of a wolverine.
Joan: Your second comment was funny. Yes, read above for hidden dental message. ;)
Algis: Yes, soul of justice ...that's a good way to put it.
John ABayer: I hope Scarlett, your guidance counselor, lead you in the right direction. :)
zuma: Thanks for all your consciousness raising around here. I witnessed it this week -- but mostly from my bed.
Mary: Thanks. I hope the next song for all is " Don't worry 'bout a thing ... Every little things gonna be all right."
catch-22: Yes, One Love. And a hit of Nitrous Oxide, if necessary.
until there is not a next time.
Dental work can ALWAYS wait! :)
Damon: I don't think reggae is on the radar but I'll request Marley when I go back this week. :) Last time I was in the chair they were playing, well, something indistinguishable to my ears anyhow...
Belle: I agree. And thanks.
JP: I don't believe in violence either even if I do FEEL like a wolverine!
Oddly enough, your personal dental story would NOT
have trivialized this.
You would have found support and good wishes
(especially from me, one who knows!)
and this would have been a bit of
good karma in a world that
can use all it can get.
We OSers care about each other.
It's a tiny little microcosm, sure, but everything ,
paradoxically, is becoming smaller, more local, as the world
"seems" to get bigger and bigger. The world is getting bigger
only because now we finally KNOW what is going on.
So that when bad , unacceptable stuff happens in
some neighborhood somewhere, we ALL know
about it, quicky wicky. That is a first step.
To see the problem. Now to fix it.
The day WILL come when we realize we are one species.
But we humans are drama queens, so it'll probably
take something semi-terrible, sad to say.
I just hope it's not all THAT horrible.
Yes, Rita: Bob is universal. Thankfully.
JD: I wish it could wait ... forever! Thanks for stopping by.
Margaret: No kidding! And yes ... me too.
had no teeth!
or very few.
einstein? they all fell out when he made his great discovery.
(Gravity enacted its revenge for being figured out!)
i read in an undisclosed publication
that robert redford is a denture boy. like me.
if it's not true, do not tell me.
war? good god.
so many wars. on cancer, aids, breast cancer, drugs, intolerance,
racism, did i say drugs?, women, men, homosexuals, bisexuals,
we
gotta somehow put all these wars together.
we need an einstein to see their relativity!