>that would be like me saying "i hate germany because there were nazis there once so i wont go there". its stupid and doesnt make any sense.
well gee that IS stupid and doesnt make any sense. :P the bush administration and their customs policies are in the present, not in the past. laurent is french, a country the admistration has an undisguised contempt for. right now. to borrow your over-the-top nazi metaphor, it's like you're saying "even if i was a jew, i'd travel to nazi germany to perform." or no metaphor -- even tho the u.s. has some sort of idiotic ego vendetta against france, customs are insane difficult to deal with (especially for suspiscious people like french artists), the dollar sucks, audience turnouts are low, half the major cities in america cant throw a sizable dance party without it getting busted -- if you were french you'd come play the u.s. (because it would be cruel not to go there!). you're being incredibly idealistic and, yes, self-referential about matters you have no experience with. opinions are fine, but geez have a little humility when you're talking out of your ass man! >danny wang in an interview online posted about why he went and played music in israel depite disagreeing entirely with their policy towards the palestinian people. and i agreed wholeheartedly with him and i still feel the same way. its more important to spread the love than to punish people for policies they may or may not even agree with. who cares? danny can do what he wants for his own reasons like anybody else. israel is not america (ha), but neither one is important to go play, it's not heroic and it doesn't exhibit any great ideal. these are rich, spoiled countries causing more problems for others than they have of their own. palestine on the other hand would have been the ideal you're dancing around. but even then -- how meaningful and relevent to an oppressed or otherwise discontent people is the art/opinion of a foreigner? in som extraordinary cases it can be, otherwise a fun night of love spreading sounds groovy and all, but the people themselves will make the stuff of real power and relevance for themselves by themselves. this particular idealism (about touring for fuxake) is poorly focused. and hey, danny moved out of america, remember? don't you hate him? he "punished" us all! he doesnt care about us! you keep using the word "punish" which sounds ridiculous and selfish. just because somebody doesn't do something nice for you doesn't mean they have hurt you. there is no negative there, only positive or null. reminds me of a kid crying because they don't get ice cream or something. so who cares? it can suck to varying degrees for promoters and other infrastructure when things get cancelled but it happens ALL the time. and some things you never know even if you know some. talking crap is fun but it makes you sound really stupid and arrogant (inviting that observation from those wiser than you, like fred g), and personally it makes me feel really stupid later. not a flame tom. you not stupid. just overzealous. everybody has an attitude.
