| Gordon Lightfoot – Protocol Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Being a disabled Veteran, I -know- what it means to give your all... and have a government politician make light of it.... "Protocol" yeah, it leaves a very sour taste in my mouth each time I think about it. The lyric "Was God in town for the Roman games? Was he there when the deals were signed?" I think alludes to the controversy of the 1960 Olympics held in Rome. Specifically, the island nation of Taiwan wanted to compete under the name "Republic of China", but because the CCP were -also- competing for the first time in decades, the IOC made Taiwan use the name "Formosa, China" instead. So the Taiwanese athletes, to a man, struck any country reference on their uniform/clothing and the lead athlete carried a sign saying "Under Protest". For the geo-political atmosphere at that time, that took HUGE balls. The Olympics were a pseudo-arena for the Cold War... Capitalist vs. Communist, USA vs. USSR (and CCP). So, who made the ultimate decision to force Taiwan accede to the CCP demands, and yet Taiwan took the 3rd option of no country name at all? Was the IOC under the threat of the CCP retaliating? It was obvious to GL that God was NOT in town for the Roman games and was NOT there when the "deals" were signed. Lastly, "Who are these ones who would have us now..." I think alludes to something or a group of people whose influence on the geo-political scale were just coming to full light. Conspiracy theory or something real? Does it go way beyond what we can imagine? I can also think of a speech made by JFK the American Newspaper Publisher's Association, April 27, 1961 that possibly hints at the same thing. https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-newspaper-publishers-association-19610427 |
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| Gordon Lightfoot – Protocol Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[Angus:46174] Interesting article about Milgram's experiments https://www.verywellmind.com/the-milgram-obedience-experiment-2795243 Being a disabled Veteran, this song sounds a resonance within me. |
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