What a beautiful song! I've liked its music for years and years, but recently listened to words properly and believe it to be a real pacifist's song and I wish I could sit down would-be terrorists to listen to it and realise what a waste of their lives it would be if they died in terrorist activities and to wish them to want to be around to shape their future - Mahatma Gandhi's methods are an alternative.
@Kermitthelittlegreenthing Your comments and Eamhain are there (apart from mentioning those that create the conditions for terrorists to operate in). A few of the other comments are seemingly from illiterates, certainly illiterates in current affairs and history generally.
Down the ages we have been blessed to have poets, song writers, artists etc. who are 'ahead of the curve' and understand the human psyche. They can see/hear and smell things us lesser mortals are oblivious to. In my view, alongside the writers of this song, was Ron Hutchinson who wrote 'Rat in the Skull' 1984. Both these pieces of...
@Kermitthelittlegreenthing Your comments and Eamhain are there (apart from mentioning those that create the conditions for terrorists to operate in). A few of the other comments are seemingly from illiterates, certainly illiterates in current affairs and history generally.
Down the ages we have been blessed to have poets, song writers, artists etc. who are 'ahead of the curve' and understand the human psyche. They can see/hear and smell things us lesser mortals are oblivious to. In my view, alongside the writers of this song, was Ron Hutchinson who wrote 'Rat in the Skull' 1984. Both these pieces of art predicted the forthcoming peace before it happened. Hutchinson's play is stark, cold and in your face whilst The Island is beautifully interwoven with love. Both are masterpieces.
What a beautiful song! I've liked its music for years and years, but recently listened to words properly and believe it to be a real pacifist's song and I wish I could sit down would-be terrorists to listen to it and realise what a waste of their lives it would be if they died in terrorist activities and to wish them to want to be around to shape their future - Mahatma Gandhi's methods are an alternative.
@Kermitthelittlegreenthing Your comments and Eamhain are there (apart from mentioning those that create the conditions for terrorists to operate in). A few of the other comments are seemingly from illiterates, certainly illiterates in current affairs and history generally. Down the ages we have been blessed to have poets, song writers, artists etc. who are 'ahead of the curve' and understand the human psyche. They can see/hear and smell things us lesser mortals are oblivious to. In my view, alongside the writers of this song, was Ron Hutchinson who wrote 'Rat in the Skull' 1984. Both these pieces of...
@Kermitthelittlegreenthing Your comments and Eamhain are there (apart from mentioning those that create the conditions for terrorists to operate in). A few of the other comments are seemingly from illiterates, certainly illiterates in current affairs and history generally. Down the ages we have been blessed to have poets, song writers, artists etc. who are 'ahead of the curve' and understand the human psyche. They can see/hear and smell things us lesser mortals are oblivious to. In my view, alongside the writers of this song, was Ron Hutchinson who wrote 'Rat in the Skull' 1984. Both these pieces of art predicted the forthcoming peace before it happened. Hutchinson's play is stark, cold and in your face whilst The Island is beautifully interwoven with love. Both are masterpieces.