tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post5294850870429763743..comments2023-04-11T05:13:20.921-04:00Comments on Sung a Lot of Songs: Darwin BondGrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898207904227084144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post-25504754876841961392007-11-16T14:38:00.000-05:002007-11-16T14:38:00.000-05:00Dear Darwin - Thank you for sharing your experienc...Dear Darwin - Thank you for sharing your experience w/ the Dine. It was powerful and moving. It was upsetting because all parties wanted different things and neither could get them - you, the guilty middle class white guy, wanting to be forgiven or understood as not directly culpable for the past and present atrocities this system perpetrates against Mother Earth; <BR/><BR/>the 3 drunken Dines, demanding a face to lash out at for their people's misery as they will never be allowed to see the real monsters and having to settle for you. The whole thing brings tears to my eyes. <BR/><BR/>You, the Dine, nor I will probably ever have the opportunity to face the real enemy - Not because he sits in a castle and has an army to keep people like us out, but because he has no face at all. He is not a man but a system that has been built on the backs of others for thousands of years - We are fighting against ideas, and unfortunately, many of the ideas that hold us back are already deeply inbedded in our culture - hierarchy, patriarchy, mechanical thinking, monotheistic species-centric religion, the state - I know you know the whole bit, I don't need to tell you. <BR/><BR/>Here's to breaking up the pavement and letting the land breathe again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30407212.post-45187873293737532462007-08-14T13:40:00.000-04:002007-08-14T13:40:00.000-04:00How frustrating. I think/hope I would have acted i...How frustrating. I think/hope I would have acted in the same way as you did, and I wish I knew how to reach people more deeply, effectively and quickly. But once a human's emotions take hold, listening (or trying to perceive another's understanding) are nearly impossible. peace and strength Darwin.Maijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528366791172019636noreply@blogger.com