Brilliant song!
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > You claimed things are going along just perfectly, that everyone > > > gets what they "deserve," and that that's karma, baby. Angela > > > asked, quite reasonably, if you then believed that children that > > > suffered horrible fates were getting what they deserve. > > > > This inherent cruelty and victimizing the victim is really at the > > core of karmic theory. Since no one experiences karmic law > > directly, it is another dusty old theory from a culture who didn't > > even understand the circulation of blood. (hint: the heart is key) > > Bruce Cockburn, a strong Christian, on this subject: > > What's been done in the name of Jesus? > What's been done in the name of Buddha? > What's been done in the name of Islam? > What's been done in the name of man? > What's been done in the name of liberation? > And in the name of civilization? > And in the name of race? > And in the name of peace? > > Everybody > Loves to see > Justice done > On somebody else > > Can you tell me how much bleeding > It takes to fill a word with meaning? > And how much, how much death > It takes to give a slogan breath? > And how much, how much, how much flame > Gives light to a name > For the hollow darkness > In which nations dress? > > Everybody > Loves to see > Justice done > On somebody else > > Everybody's seen the things they've seen > We all have to live with what we've been > When they say charity begins at home > They're not just talking about a toilet and a telephone > Got to search the silence of the soul's wild places > For a voice that can cross the spaces > These definitions that we love create -- > These names for heaven, hero, tribe and state > > Everybody > Loves to see > Justice done > On somebody else >
