The title comes from a quote attributed to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. As I think about some recent events well, nothing could be further from the truth.
Decades of self-righteous talking heads, both male and
female, made fodder over the decadence of rock musicians, heavy metal genre in
particular. Some of that was deserved, by the way. But not all of
it. Then we have someone beloved by these conservative religious types,
namely the current president of the United States, on a four-year quest for
personal wealth enrichment. Most recently, for example, using an official
visit to Scotland to promote his golf course.
On the other hand, we have the late Ozzy Osbourne and Black
Sabbath hold a concert that raised $190 million for charity. Take Fox
News' word for it...
...yeah, that Fox News. Anyway, this was an Ozzy Osbourne who likely knew he was close to death but yet still wanted to do this one last thing. Make that one last GOOD THING.
There is a moral of this story in that sometimes what we think is black is actually white. And what we are told is righteous is actually corrupt. To the extent judgement is requested, wanted or needed, such a thing should be based on actions, not words. For example, the "immoral Prince of Darkness" helping to raise $190 million for charity vs. the Christian Nationalist favorite president who had to pay a $2 million penalty for mis-using charity funds.
In the end, I know that Ozzy Osbourne was no saint. But the president of the United States isn't either. Given the choice though, I'll go with the guy who wanted to make people enjoy music, as opposed to the guy who sucks up to dictators and thinks that concentration camps are perfectly okay.
1 comment:
I love the irony that when I was a teen Ozzy was the poster boy for all that was wrong, evil and literally sending the US to Hell. He reveled in it!!!!! Trump, on the other hand, was a role model for business. How the tables have turned.
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