FYI,
I just ordered "Live Scenes from NY" last night on amazon.com
before having read any of the Ytsejam comments about what to do about
people who profit from the CD's perceived scarcity -- they didn't
have a thumbnail picture of the cover, perhaps because of this issue.
I don't know that they'll actually ship it, but if you want the CD then
you could try there. Yes, I actually wanted the CD for the music.
While I certainly understand why DT would want to remove the
CD with that cover art from the shelves -- I'd feel sicker than I do now
if that had been my CD released that day -- and it is their right to do
so with their own property, I can't agree with the idea of banning or
destroying already purchased CDs when you see them. The idea of living in
a free society is that some people do distasteful things, and we may not
like it, but it is their right to do so while it doesn't harm other
people. That includes selling a CD for a profit. I would speak out
against anyone selling this CD just to take advantage of it's scarcity
since it is a cruel thing to do, but it is not right to destroy their
property because you disagree with them (and they're causing no direct
harm).
The last thing that we should be considering is restricting
people's liberties because of what has happened -- that would be a little
like giving in to the terrorists and I don't think any of us want that.
The terrorists live in a society where there is little tolerance for
those with 'different' opinions and even less tolerance for opinions
that the leaders find distasteful.
We also must be careful not to give away our civil liberties
because we're hurt and angry. The price of freedom is steep and it
includes tolerance of opinions that might make you feel sick. In fact,
it is only meaningful if it includes those kinds of opinions since it
can hardly be called freedom if we only allow those things which we like.
Steve
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Apr 01 2004 - 19:13:25 EST