Huh. I just this second realized - Thomas More, and Wm. THOMAS, both
had the same name. I was thinking of the play because
Thomas loved it so.
It seems that when I told our [William] Thomas prop1.org
about it maybe 3 years ago he had never heard of the story,
a play really, "A Man for All Seasons." I got it for him, and he
watched it over, and over, and over, and over.
I got it for him because it is a story that has gripped
me since I first saw the movie many decades ago. And I wept
when I saw it, as did our Thomas. It made me think of
our Thomas - his better nature - the Profoundly Good Man.
It is about a man, a good man, THE ONE GOOD MAN IN ENGLAND,
THAT would NOT, IF IT COST HIM HIS VERY LIFE do anything,
say anything, victimize anyone, do whatever it took to stay in the graces of
their patron - Henry VIII. EVERYONE ELSE IN ENGLAND,
(except for his stoic wife and sheroic daughter) WOULD,
AND DID. Thomas More's CRIME was that he would not
SUCK UP TO THE PATRON HENRY VIII, as all the other courtiers,
parasites actually, would and did, ENDLESSLY. Why would he not?
Because that would be betrayal, of Truth, Goodness, Humanity, of his
fellow human beings, and his FRIEND Henry VIII. "It is as much
a duty to not cooperate with evil, as it is to avoid doing evil."
Gandhi.
Henry of course had the loot, castles, food, entertainment, and
even the power to cause anyone's death [ultimately Thomas More's].
So the parasites, the Takers, did their infinite role plays, contortions, flatteries,
deceits, lies, fakeries, games, charades, token contributions... and they lived,
[if being a parasite is actually "living???"]. Thomas More, who would not,
was for a long, long, long time tolerated - and then he was put to death,
by them all [except his wife and daughter.] Like Jesus before him,
and King and Gandhi after him, and martyrs and Saints.
I give you our...
Corporations [in which I spent my adult life],
Government (but under Pr. Obama DRAMATICALLY less so),
Military,
Church,
GOP,
Progressives,
Peace Movement,
Intelligentsia,
Universities,
OUR VERY FAMILIES,
OUR VERY COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE....
"WHEN WILL [WE] EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL [WE] EVER LEARN?"
Peter Paul and Mary Listen here
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE Listen here
Pete Seeger- Sanga Music Inc -BMI
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
