Comments on: Letter to the Guardian http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/ Thoughts, notes and comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dave http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-429 dave Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:53:06 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/#comment-429 Thankyou, thankyou. WW - he meant that although the effort was impressive, it was ultimately futile because the water behind the ploughshare immediately fills the gap it made. One of Bolívar's aims was to kick out the combination of military, political and religious power that led to corruption, clientelism and the other negative effects of the political arrangements of the Captaincies-General. However, he failed and saw a return of the same problems in the fragmentation of northern South America, but under <i>criollos</i> rather than <i>peninsulares</i>. Thankyou, thankyou.

WW - he meant that although the effort was impressive, it was ultimately futile because the water behind the ploughshare immediately fills the gap it made.

One of Bolívar’s aims was to kick out the combination of military, political and religious power that led to corruption, clientelism and the other negative effects of the political arrangements of the Captaincies-General. However, he failed and saw a return of the same problems in the fragmentation of northern South America, but under criollos rather than peninsulares.

]]> By: Winchester whisperer http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Winchester whisperer Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:16:32 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/#comment-428 Congratulations! What did he mean by "ploughing the sea"? Is it some reference to turning swords into ploughshares? Congratulations! What did he mean by “ploughing the sea”? Is it some reference to turning swords into ploughshares?

]]> By: Mike http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Mike Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:31:37 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/#comment-427 Sweet! I also got my first letter published a while back, but in the less auspicious pages of the 'Daily Post'. It ran thus: Sir, I note in today’s ‘Daily Post’ that La Monte Young’s composition ‘1960#7’ - due to be performed at Bangor University at the end of this month - has been described as the ‘longest piece of music composed by a human being’. However, La Monte Young’s composition falls rather short of attaining this honour. The duration of the forthcoming performance – lasting a paltry two days – pales in comparison to John Cage’s piece ‘Organ2/ASLAP’, which lasts a truly epic 639 years. It is currently being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, and is due to be completed in 2639. Sweet! I also got my first letter published a while back, but in the less auspicious pages of the ‘Daily Post’.

It ran thus:

Sir,

I note in today’s ‘Daily Post’ that La Monte Young’s composition ‘1960#7’ - due to be performed at Bangor University at the end of this month - has been described as the ‘longest piece of music composed by a human being’. However, La Monte Young’s composition falls rather short of attaining this honour. The duration of the forthcoming performance – lasting a paltry two days – pales in comparison to John Cage’s piece ‘Organ2/ASLAP’, which lasts a truly epic 639 years. It is currently being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, and is due to be completed in 2639.

]]> By: dave http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-425 dave Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:35:08 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/#comment-425 Thankyou :) Thankyou :)

]]> By: jameshigham http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-424 jameshigham Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:56:05 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2007/11/21/letter-to-the-guardian/#comment-424 Well done to you, sir. Well done to you, sir.

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