athletes are making too much money to say anything. people keep their
mouths shut for money. it should be obvious that a singer/songwriter
like Springsteen is a little more of a thinker than say..i don't know
can't name a sports person. nothing against physical achievement.
he is expressing himself arcman, not assuming he knows everything or
that anyone agrees with him. he is expressing his feelings, his
heartbreak about his country.
tommy, writing about the working class IS political. i would argue
everything is political...not in the smarmy, manipulative, position
juggling, ulterior motive use of the word...but in that how we live
together, how we treat one another, care for one another, protect
those who need care and punish those who trample the rights of others.
everything is political essentially.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "arcman210" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So athletes cant have opinions too? You're saying only "artists" are
> the enlightened ones who have ideas? I don't need to know how to
> play a guitar to speak my mind. I don't play an instrument or an
> organized sport, so I'm not taking either side. But like musicians
> and celebrities, athletes have the spotlight too... they do talk
> shows and interviews, they can talk politics if they want, and some
> do... but most of the time they keep their mouth shut.
>
> The point is that I pay to go to a baseball game to see baseball, and
> I pay to go to a concert to hear music. If I want to pay to go see
> politics, I'll buy a ticket to a political rally.
>
> Springsteen (and EVERY other musician) absolutely has the right to
> say whatever he wants at his shows... they're his shows after all...
> but the fact that he chooses to think he knows it all and that
> everyone in the crowd agrees with him just isn't the right thing to
> do, in my opinion.
>
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