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Re: The Real Waste (lyrics from Fashion News)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:46:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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And since you’re quoting old pop tunes, consider these. I’d have thought
this one
was your motto. “You can’t change the world, but you can change the
facts...”
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An interesting choice.
And what you might say with irony I say with conviction (1). These lyrics would
be a fine theme. I’d say Scott is trying to change some people’s ‘facts’,
because their ‘facts’ just aren’t.
As the song points out - you can change the world.
You can’t change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world
Indeed, I venture to guess that there are respectable careers made in
international affairs by changing facts here and there to support policy.
In a world of perceptions so carefully crafted by spin, challenging some of
these ‘facts’ back seems almost like a duty.
And I really know next to nothing about Depeche Mode other than that the pop-ups
on Don’s favourite Depeche Mode lyrics site give me the irrits, and the meaning
of the name.
Richard
Still baldly going...
(1 - Yes yes I know its a quote from Picard, from an eposide I probably haven’t
seen in 10 years - some of these things just stick in the memory :-)
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Yes, but simply reprinting the counter-clockwise spin is a rather poor way of "challenging" things. (...) Sorry about that. Scott pointed out the site, not me, and I didn't see the pop-ups because Mozilla filters them out. You should try it. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not sure I agree that that is what the song is about. I think it is saying there are two types of news stories (facts): Real news: "Bomb blast victim fights for life". Celebrity tittle-tattle: "Princess Di is wearing a new dress". Gore's (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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