Starbucks Patrons Scribble for Peace

Starbucks Patrons Scribble for Peace - In about 1815, Ludwig Van Beethoven, commenting about the role of artists, said that artists should be elevated above the rest of society - even paid from the public treasury. Their role, he felt, was that important, and their views that vital.

Some artists still feel that way.

Poets Against The War is a group of artists that seek to oppose their war through...er, poetry. They believe that via poetry will come international understanding, and a better worl...

...oh, who are we kidding. It's about politics:

Only the day before I had read a lengthy report on George Bush's proposed "Shock and Awe" attack on Iraq, calling for saturation bombing that would be like the firebombing of Dresden or Tokyo, killing countless innocent civilians. Nor has Bush ruled out the use of nuclear weapons.

I believe the only legitimate response to such a morally bankrupt and unconscionable idea is to reconstitute a Poets Against the War movement like the one organized to speak out against the war in Vietnam.

The site is full of amazing garbage - and that's even before you get to the poetry.

By the way, the site is educational, in that it highlights the incredibly sorry state of modern poetry.

The far left is calling in all its markers.

Posted by Mitch at February 12, 2003 05:01 PM