| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Israel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To the OP - that was very much my reaction to the lyrics. The false show of joy depicted is reminiscent of fascism in general, and to me that expresses the notion that Israel has become the very demon it was victimized by. In a more personal dimension, it's very accessible. The cycle of victim-to-oppressor is sort of a universal theme that might be found in history anywhere from a Greek tragedy to a Japanese existential film. To NomadMonad - First of all, I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around a neo-conservative speculating on the musings of Siouxsie and the Banshees. Did you come here looking for a debate, or do you actually listen to their music? I digress. I don't know what country or religion you think you belong to, and I don't fully understand what Zionism means to you. But I believe that history and public opinion have evidenced that the current state of Israel, from the first military occupation to the now prison-state it's become, are a true reflection of the collective will of the Jewish people. And I don't say this without having some precedence - I actively practiced Judaism and associated with Jewish people from the ages of 19 to 21, before returning to my more familiar Buddhist upbringing, and I gained a lot of perspective on the Hebrew concept of faith. And honestly, while there were plenty of Jews I met who were very politically minded and pro-Israel, the majority of Jews whom I met told me something that I reflexively believed from the beginning: according to their prophecies, God had promised to restore Israel to them at a future time. Many Jews are still waiting for that to happen. Because it wasn't God who delivered the Jews back to Israel (where, by the way, many Jews were already living alongside Muslims with relative neighborliness), was it? The motion to create the current state of Israel was driven by bankers, even though the Anti-Defamation League assures us that Prescott Bush was NOT investing in Nazi Germany's military during WWII. |
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| mewithoutYou – January 1979 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The styling of the music reminds me of late 80's post-punk (minor threat, 7 seconds, adolescents): wild, eccentric, unrefined and rebellious, definitely a break from the mass of christian rock bands which sound completely identical. I wish more religious people were ballsy enough to dress crazy on stage and make original music. | |
| mewithoutYou – January 1979 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Gambith: *"Numbers," not "Hebrews" 'And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.' Numbers 13:33 from the 1917 Masoretic Torah. |
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