[MD] Hippies (and Humour) in the Middle East

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> The Hippie battle cry: "Make love, not war."
> 
> [Arlo]
> I would rather hear this "battle cry" coming from the Middle East than what we
> are hearing today. Wouldn't you?

Sure. I'd "rather" a lot of things

> Wouldn't you rather have seen a "Tehranstock" in response to the cartoons 
> than what we are seeing? Wouldn't you rather see hordes of Middle Eastern 
> hippies staging a "love in" at the Danish Embassy, rather than torching it?
> Wouldn't you rather see crowds of protestors waiving "peace" flags and getting
> high than burning our flags and firing guns?

Yes. I'd "rather" everyone be just like me.

> But, as Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy (incarnated as The 
> Sisterhood in this 1986 release) so eloquently states in "Colours"...
> 
> "You reap what you sow
> Put your face to the ground
> Here come the marching men
> Your colours wrapped around"

So  we are to blame for a bunch of people who would just as soon cut your 
throat as look at you?

> PS: By the way, I assume then that "conservative" battle cry is "Make war, not
> love"?

When the nation is threatened by a bunch of biological brigands armed with 
WMD's, you bet! 

Platt