Saturday, August 12, 2006

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

I think the quote above was from Eric Hobsbawm, but Hank Williams Said It Best, and Mick Harvey sang it better than Guy Clark ;) [to listen to the song enter Mick's website, click on download/music video in the pop up window.] The line changes to "one man's killer is another man's brother," which I find less touching, but both the song and the album are great!

Anyway, after reading it (or something around these lines by Hobsbawm) for the first time in a Nurettin Rençber album (Eşkıya Türküleri -I would like to translate it as 'Songs of Rebellion'), I bumped into the quote again on a website called information clearing house. Their slogan is "News you won't find in CNN or FOXNEWS." It's a good enough start for me, still, am curious how they calculated the table below on their homepage. But more importantly, I would like to share something I liked watching: A SkyNews interview in which George Galloway "lambasted media coverage of the war," accused Bush and Blair to have politically organised the occupation, and finished off saying "You believe that the Israeli blood is more valuable than the blood of Lebanese and Palestinians!"
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Finally, yet another petition to sign on the Israeli attack on Lebanon, this time for an immediate ceasefire... (thanks mum! x.)

Bonus (can't resist it!):
Lyrics of Hank Williams Said It Best (the Guy Clark version)

One man’s hawk is another man’s dove
one man’s hug is another man’s shove

One man’s rock is another man’s sand
one man’s fist is another man’s hand

One man’s tool is another man’s toy
one man grief is another man’s joy

One man’s squawk is another man’s sing
one man’s crutch is another man’s wing

One man’s pride is another man’s humble
one man’s step is another man’s stumble

One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain
one man’s loss is another man’s gain

One man’s can is another man’s grail
one man’s curse is another man’s sail

One man’s right is another man’s wrong
one man’s curse is another man’s song

Chorus

For every father’s daughter
For every mother’s son
The only thing the same
Is that it ain’t for everyone
Hank Williams said it best
He said it a long time ago
"Unless you have made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw"

One man’s deuce is another man’s ace
one man’s back is another man’s face

One man’s reason is another man’s rhyme
one man’s dollar is another man’s dime

One man’s tree is another man’s post
one man’s angel is another man’s ghost

One man’s rain is another man’s drought
one man’s hope is another man’s doubt

One man’s false is another man’s fair
one man’s toup is another man’s hair

One man’s hand is another man’s stub
one man’s feast is another man’s grub

One man’s dread is another man’s dream
one man’s sigh is another man’s scream

One man’s water is another man’s wine
one man’s daughter make another man cry

Chorus

One man’s famine is another man’s feast
one man’s pet is another man’s beast

One man’s bat is another man’s ball
one man’s art is another man’s scrawl

One man’s friend is another man’s foe
one man’s Joseph is another man’s Joe

One man’s hammer is another man’s nail
one man’s freedom is another man’s jail

One man’s road is another man’s rut
one man’s if is another man’s but

One man’s treasure is another man’s trash
one man’s landing is another man’s crash

One man’s word is another man’s lie
one man’s dirt is another man’s sky

One man’s skin is another man’s colour
one man’s killer is another man’s brother


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