OF IDEALS AND GESTURES
Frankly, I didn’t give a damn if that guy blew up the Washington Monument or not. After they got all the people out, of course. I mean, they could always build another one without too much trouble, right? It’s not just that some sadistic gym teacher forced our senior class to jog to the top back in ’66—as a symbol it’s always been a little tacky, and later for symbols anyway.
OF IDEALS AND GESTURES
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YOKO ONO It's Alright (Polvdor)
Richard C. Walls
Frankly, I didn’t give a damn if that guy blew up the Washington Monument or not. After they got all the people out, of course. I mean, they could always build another one without too much trouble, right? It’s not just that some sadistic gym teacher forced our senior class to jog to the top back in ’66—as a symbol it’s always been a little tacky, and later for symbols anyway. So I wouldn’t cry to see it go. However, my indifference to the monument doesn’t blind me to the arrogance and futility of such a gesture as blowing it up, arrogant in its childish demanding of attention through destruction, futile because it convinces nobody of anything except that somebody became desperate when they couldn’t effect a change through the sheer force of their good intentions.