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In reply to the discussion: 25 years ago tonight: "Did you just hear what I just heard?" [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)16. Thanks, great article!
I particularly noted that Zappa helped resistance to authoritarians on this side of the Iron Curtain, too:
Zappa was also outspoken in the U.S. He was a fierce defender of free speech and waged a public battle against the Parents Music Resource Center and its proposed ratings system. Speaking to a Senate committee in 1985, he called the group's plan an "ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children, and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design."
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I've said it before- Thank you for taking us along to this significant time in history.
NBachers
Nov 2014
#5
"The activists also called upon Palestinians to unite and take part in the battle for Jerusalem"
DFW
Nov 2014
#9
The Germans accomplished it without a battle because the guards were ordered to stand down
Scootaloo
Nov 2014
#20
There is an interview going on right now with the main guard at the first border crossing to fall
DFW
Nov 2014
#30
but lots of shots had been fired, for many years.. looking ahead, one day all these walls come down.
Voice for Peace
Nov 2014
#22
(If only we could think of Citizens United as our own Berlin Wall, and push it over.........)
lastlib
Nov 2014
#13