Comments for Thoughts, Dreams, a Dose of Practicality! http://garyeskow.com/blog Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:40:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on On Bin Laden’s Death by Dorothy Sander http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-3213 Dorothy Sander Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:40:54 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-3213 I applaud your courage and careful diplomacy in pointing to the rumbling of discomfort many of us felt at Bin Laden's demise. Murdering another human being for any reason carries with it an enormous responsibility. It strikes me as arrogant and narcissistic as the man in question. In the end, who are we to judge? And yet...it seemed to be a requirement of the situation. But relief? I doubt anyone truly feels relief, or even satisfaction. There can be no satisfaction. The man embodied a sort of saintly hatred that defies Western understanding. He looks like Jesus and acts like Hitler. We can't fathom the heart, mind and soul of such a man. When we choose to hate an individual, however, we fool ourselves if we do not also ask what it is about the person that is like us. Our enemies can be our best teachers. Americans carry with them their own set of sins. Are they less egregious than Bin Laden's? The answer to that question can only be answered in the heart of the individual. I applaud your courage and careful diplomacy in pointing to the rumbling of discomfort many of us felt at Bin Laden’s demise. Murdering another human being for any reason carries with it an enormous responsibility. It strikes me as arrogant and narcissistic as the man in question. In the end, who are we to judge? And yet…it seemed to be a requirement of the situation. But relief? I doubt anyone truly feels relief, or even satisfaction. There can be no satisfaction.

The man embodied a sort of saintly hatred that defies Western understanding. He looks like Jesus and acts like Hitler. We can’t fathom the heart, mind and soul of such a man. When we choose to hate an individual, however, we fool ourselves if we do not also ask what it is about the person that is like us. Our enemies can be our best teachers.

Americans carry with them their own set of sins. Are they less egregious than Bin Laden’s? The answer to that question can only be answered in the heart of the individual.

]]> Comment on A Conversation With Onnie McIntyre by Lewie Docksey http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=55#comment-1038 Lewie Docksey Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:33:47 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=55#comment-1038 Hi, My Name is Lewie Docksey and the reason I am contacting you is A good friend of mine Played in Forever more. His name is Mick Strode, but at the time he called himself Mick Travis. I just wondered if Onnie still remembered Mick. And as I have read your article on Onnie I thought he might like to get in touch with Mick who now lives in France. Mick's played on some of my bands albums and he never talks about the old days with Forever more, not because he doesn't want to remember it but because he doesn't blow his own ego and keeps quiet about things. Anyway I thought I would ask as mick was good friends with Onnie & Allan gorrie.And with you being friends with Onnie my message may get to him. Hope you dont mind me contacting you. Thanks Lewie Docksey Hi,
My Name is Lewie Docksey and the reason I am contacting you is A good friend of mine Played in Forever more.

His name is Mick Strode, but at the time he called himself Mick Travis. I just wondered if Onnie still remembered Mick. And as I have read your article on Onnie I thought he might like to get in touch with Mick who now lives in France.

Mick’s played on some of my bands albums and he never talks about the old days with Forever more, not because he doesn’t want to remember it but because he doesn’t blow his own ego and keeps quiet about things.
Anyway I thought I would ask as mick was good friends with Onnie & Allan gorrie.And with you being friends with Onnie my message may get to him.
Hope you dont mind me contacting you.
Thanks
Lewie Docksey

]]> Comment on Catching Up With Jon Pousette-Dart by GE http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=153#comment-514 GE Fri, 06 May 2011 11:53:01 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=153#comment-514 Offbeat, that's funny! Jon is actually not radical in any way... check out his website, the new album is good! You... now that's another story! Gary Offbeat, that’s funny! Jon is actually not radical in any way… check out his website, the new album is good!
You… now that’s another story!

Gary

]]> Comment on Catching Up With Jon Pousette-Dart by Jill Landau Reich http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=153#comment-509 Jill Landau Reich Fri, 06 May 2011 02:39:18 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=153#comment-509 I remember Jon well from highschool! There is a picture of us in our senior yearbook as the schools " offbeats"! HA! I remember Jon well from highschool! There is a picture of us in our senior yearbook as the schools ” offbeats”!
HA!

]]> Comment on On Bin Laden’s Death by Randy Holmes http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-480 Randy Holmes Tue, 03 May 2011 04:54:43 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-480 Gary, well said and well done. You provide a deeply thoughtful and reflective commentary on the meaning of Bin Laden death. My view is very supportive of the actions of the Unites States; though, I would rather not say justice has been done but rather vengeance or retribution achieved. I tend to view justice as an act based upon rules of universal law and not a sovereign nation's(United States)unilateral action. Gary, well said and well done. You provide a deeply thoughtful and reflective commentary on the meaning of Bin Laden death. My view is very supportive of the actions of the Unites States; though, I would rather not say justice has been done but rather vengeance or retribution achieved. I tend to view justice as an act based upon rules of universal law and not a sovereign nation’s(United States)unilateral action.

]]> Comment on On Bin Laden’s Death by Mark Hiskey http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-478 Mark Hiskey Mon, 02 May 2011 23:58:21 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=145#comment-478 I also deeply admire those with Franciscan qualities, but more along the lines of Shane Claiborne http://www.thesimpleway.org/shane/ whose vows of poverty firmly defy our baser wants to collect, to own, to covet, i.e., the materialistic drivers endemic to Western culture that are so repulsive to the most pious of Muslims, or most religious faiths. (Not to speak of the sexual “freedoms” so pervasive in our society.) But of course, there’s a fundamental chasm between the roads traveled by Claiborne and bin Laden that you don’t have to be a psychoanalyst to put your finger on. One seeks to influence by example, the other by using the most vile and torturous forms of violence. I believe that there is sin and that everyone sins. I don’t believe that holding or “owning” an object is inherently sinful, though gluttony certainly is. I don’t believe that sex is sinful either, but adultery certainly is. My point is that while Western society is by and large far from monastic, it isn’t inherently evil, the way some religious extremists would have you believe. But the actions of any murderous terrorist, in my view, are, because their actions are not tempered by discretion, or compassion. They are driven by hatred, and we must always quash hatred at every opportunity. I’m a little put off by all the jubilant flag-waving as well, not my style, but I don’t mind that our enemies see us rallying our resolve to push back. I also deeply admire those with Franciscan qualities, but more along the lines of Shane Claiborne http://www.thesimpleway.org/shane/ whose vows of poverty firmly defy our baser wants to collect, to own, to covet, i.e., the materialistic drivers endemic to Western culture that are so repulsive to the most pious of Muslims, or most religious faiths. (Not to speak of the sexual “freedoms” so pervasive in our society.)

But of course, there’s a fundamental chasm between the roads traveled by Claiborne and bin Laden that you don’t have to be a psychoanalyst to put your finger on. One seeks to influence by example, the other by using the most vile and torturous forms of violence.
I believe that there is sin and that everyone sins. I don’t believe that holding or “owning” an object is inherently sinful, though gluttony certainly is. I don’t believe that sex is sinful either, but adultery certainly is. My point is that while Western society is by and large far from monastic, it isn’t inherently evil, the way some religious extremists would have you believe. But the actions of any murderous terrorist, in my view, are, because their actions are not tempered by discretion, or compassion. They are driven by hatred, and we must always quash hatred at every opportunity.

I’m a little put off by all the jubilant flag-waving as well, not my style, but I don’t mind that our enemies see us rallying our resolve to push back.

]]> Comment on 1260 North Weatherly Drive by Dorothy Sander http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=66#comment-370 Dorothy Sander Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:03:56 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=66#comment-370 What an adventure! in human nature as well! I share your dismay. What an adventure! in human nature as well! I share your dismay.

]]> Comment on Teflon Don by Dorothy Sander http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=80#comment-274 Dorothy Sander Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:26:55 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=80#comment-274 What a moment! Music is a universal language crossing all boundaries of race, gender, privilege. An artist is an artist and the pain in one soul is only a different shape, size and texture than the pain in another. Externals hardly matter. What a brilliant concept to use music to help widen perspective. What a moment! Music is a universal language crossing all boundaries of race, gender, privilege. An artist is an artist and the pain in one soul is only a different shape, size and texture than the pain in another. Externals hardly matter. What a brilliant concept to use music to help widen perspective.

]]> Comment on Philly Soul by Paul Aston http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=77#comment-94 Paul Aston Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:13:33 +0000 http://garyeskow.com/blog/?p=77#comment-94 Hey Gary, Love the Philly Soul story. Best, Paul Hey Gary,

Love the Philly Soul
story.

Best, Paul

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