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Re: Death (non-who)



At 19:05 6-5-02 -0400, Schrade wrote:

> > A couple of hours ago a major new Dutch politician; Pim Fortuyn, was shot
> > and killed. He shook up dutch politics and was very strait forward in his
> > battle against the establishment. I hated his opinions but loved the way he
> > brought them. This murder is against everything we believe in this most
> > liberal, free country in the world.
> > This country is in a very big shock.
>
>
>Yeah, I just heard about that on the news this evening.  Puts me in mind
>of DEVO's wonderfully sarcastic song "Beautiful World."  I suggest y'all
>find it, download it, & check it out.  Depressingly sarcastic.  Fits the 
>times.

I'm listening to Nina Simone's "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Suite" (Roger is 
a fan of Nina, BTW). Even though Fortuyn was more of a right-wing activist 
who wanted to close the borders and legalise discrimination, some lyrics 
written about left-wing activists who got shot really fit in.

Bjorn