Quote Originally Posted by markw
I don't have a problem with Lou Reed either but artists, on the whole, are the biggest hypocrites on the planet*. Remember, this is a guy whose first songs sang the praises of heroin and hookers. While this is fine entertainment, I find his views somewhat incompatible with my views on society.

*Well, I'll make an exception for Ted Nugent.
Yah, but I draw a big distintion between domestic hypocrites and them there foreign ones. And, I gotta admire the moral principles of a rocker who made a bid to by Muzak so he could destroy it! Heroin aside, I don't think Reed really glamorized drugs quite the same way that Nugent glamorized using women.

But back on topic...

John Hinkley Jr, single handedly just about killed Reagan and no one accused him of being part of a commie plot. He got off way more than 3 shots, and got a lot closer. If he knew how to aim... He was just a movie buff (Taxi Driver). I don't see why we need to invoke the CIA, Cuba, and Aliens for JFK's assasination. As to bin Laden, Eric Rudolph (domestic terrorist) evaded law enforcement for 5 years, he didn't have millions of dollars, wasn't in a foreign mountainous land full of gun toting natives who don't speak English (ok, I might have to retract the gun toting and non-english speaking statement)... and good Lord, he was confined to a small stretch of woods in N. Carolina. Do you really need a conspiracy to explain why Bin Laden might still be at large.

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."
--John Kenneth Galbraith