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    One of my favorite Maiden songs! Nice work.
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    So I'm reading about Peter Gatien, a music club owner who has recently published a book about the various nightclubs he owned and his battles with Giuliani's NYC. Apparently, when he opened his first club, the Aardvark, in Toronto in '73, Rush was the first band he booked; he later owned a club in NYC called "Limelight"! So here's my question: does the song predate the club? Is it just a coincidence? I have no idea if the band and the club owner even meet, but maybe he used the song as an inspiration for the club name? Anybody know (or willing to hypothesize irresponsibly?) about the links? He sounds like an interesting guy, if music, failed marriages, and drugs are your thing.
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    The Hackett-era Genesis is the best Genesis; I know the post is about playing, not overall influence, but Hackett gets all the points here.
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    the original Law & Order Seinfeld Justified The Simpsons (first eight or nine seasons) Samurai Jack
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    No; I see that key word often left out when that phrase is quoted, so I put it back in -- it's an important part of the point Emerson was making. Not all consistency is bad. I did not mean your consistency was foolish; I just disagree. (To disagree does not usually mean one is wise and one is foolish; in this case, it's more likely we simply have different angles, priorities, or values.)
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    That may very well be true; ideally, they wouldn't be protesting at all because it does create a risk, no matter how "right" it is. As somebody stated above, it's not like the virus cares whether a gathering is good or bad.
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    That whole sequence in Moria, from the watcher in the lake to the fight on the bridge, is the best part of that movie; really propulsive stuff. Making out way through Return of the King, right now. It's long, but much more enjoyable than the Two Towers, which drags. Not that Towers doesn't have has some great moments, but in general it feels the most unnecessarily long of the three. I will be interested, then, to hear you feeling at the end of Return because I would argue that one is the most draggy. I always thought the pacing was better in Fellowship, less good in Two Towers, and slowest in Return. Maybe I should watch again.
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    Maybe the difference was in trying to prevent or diminish something potentially worse? I also support the right of peaceful protesters to gather, regardless of the state of public health. I guess consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, though. A "foolish" consistency is, yes. To sum up my position: Rioting, looting, attacking people is bad, and no one should do it, and it does not have much to do with COVID restrictions. I'm sorry if it appears I want to diminish the suffering of those collaterally damaged, as I do not.
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    Maybe the difference was in trying to prevent or diminish something potentially worse? You mean like rioting and burning shit down? No, I mean more deaths.
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    Why should anyone have to tell people that? Those groups of people are not analogous.
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    Maybe the difference was in trying to prevent or diminish something potentially worse?
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    You may want to explore the research on group dynamics. Okay, fair enough. "Some" will?
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    It wasn't different when people were protesting about violations of their 1st Amendment right to assemble. Why is it now? With respect, limiting the right of assembly had at least the intention of impacting public health, so the "injustice" of it is of a different kind than protesting a murder, for which there can be no "greater good" argument. I'm not intending to defend rioting, and I'm not trying to be difficult; I just disagree that the lack of COVID concern in the current environment is a sign of some moral failing or hypocrisy.
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    I haven't seen the Dallas video, no; I'm not trying to suggest it's all peaceful protesting, but some of it is. And some of it is stealing stuff and hurting people who have nothing at all to do with any of it. Those things are not equally justifiable. Hurting innocent people = always bad. This is still the difference between stopping people (like Jews who want to attend funerals) who basically want to follow the law and stopping people who are intent on breaking the law. You can appeal to the first group -- "hey, please don't drive that fast around a school" -- but not the second. -- "You can't tell me how fast to drive, man!" JUST AS AN EXPEDIENT ANALOGY, look at gun control: a good gun owner will obey the law, so laws will impact his or her decision making; somebody who doesn't give a damn about the law doesn't have to factor in what's "legal." The protesters are the same: the good ones will go home when it gets violent, the bad ones will not, and no amount of telling them will change that, so Di Blasio and others who know that are not wasting their breath. Or maybe COVID awareness is a benefit of peace, and with no peace, public heath must take a backseat in the priorities, I suppose?
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    Great artist!
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    It's a bit of a false equivalence, though, isn't it? To peacefully protest because of injustice is different than just wanting to get out and get your drunk on. And there's no point in making reasonable appeals to people bent on rioting and destruction, so why bother? And lots of city leaders -- like in Atlanta and Chicago -- have told people to stay home.
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    Justified is absolutely great from the go. The first season is a bit "problem of the week," but it really finds its stride in season two and soars. So many great characters, so many great lines; the whole cast was great.
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    Hey, you're famous now! Stay humble! Cool mask, too . . .
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