ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN Reading the list, I have just seen a couple of on-list reports of B&S in California. I think the reports were rather good, though I share the geezer Miller's view of the tour. GOIN' ROUND THE HOSPITAL I don't share my editor's view of the geezer Jonathan Richman - and you know what that means. SHE BANGS THE DRUMS I do share the lass Honey's view of the recent catastrophe. TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW, YOU MUST BE HONEST Still another view, this time mine: our system of law is meant to have to do with 'justice', not 'vengeance'. I know that The Genealogy of Morals went some way (historically) towards deconstructing that opposition: but that is not supposed to be the self-understanding of 'Western society'. To venture into an action of wanton destruction as a response to wanton destruction is the kind of thing for which 'the West' - with all its contradictory, half-realized legacy from the Enlightenment - jails people. To slaughter more innocents is vengeful response to the death of innocents, but not a just one. But the United States has shown scant respect for 'international law', in its various forms, over the last two decades - and probably a good deal more - in any case; which makes the invocation of NATO clauses a blue herring. And the leader of the US will decide, whenever he likes, whether 'war' has been declared on the US: but the many acts of aggression which have been perpetrated by the US and its pals have not been accompanied by the 'dignity' of a declaration of war. If I am not mistaken, further large-scale acts of violence will produce... further large-scale acts of violence. A PORT IN EVERY GIRL I am told that there are good golf courses in the East End of Glasgow. I believe that some of them even come with bars of their own. I enjoyed the lad Gillanders' post about events in Scotland. He looks to me like a rival to the lad 96. Where is 96 to defend his crown, I mean, croon? LOVE HIM DO I have lately had cause to delve in and out of seven Lloyd Cole albums. I can now tell you that the result is that LC *really is* ace - it wasn't just a figment of my polemical imagination. __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+