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Creating an icon
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:56:36 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Dr. James J. O'Donnell" <provost () georgetown edu> Date: September 23, 2004 8:26:28 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Creating an icon Dave, you may not listen to as much oldies rock and roll on the radio as some of the rest of us do, but just now driving home I had a revelation: perfectly ordinary station, perfectly ordinary night, and the next song was Cat Stevens singing "Peace Train". I laughed aloud at the thoughtthat the unintended consequence of this particular bit of nonsense is that
the Department of Homeland Security has now created the anthem of the opposition movement. Nobody will be able to hear that song, and especially not Stevens singing it, without thinking of it in a new way. Will this make us more secure or less? Jim O'Donnell Georgetown U. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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