jonetsu <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 08:15:21 -0600 > robertlazarski <robertlazarski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Looks like we hit Godwin's law. Time for me to make some music and >> tune out of this thread. > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law > > Well, if you insist on having a wikipedia link, how about "Operation > Paperclip" ? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip > > As David mentioned, saying that they're just doing their jobs does not > cut it. Well, that was actually theme of Tom Lehrer's "Wernher von Braun" song <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKn1aSOyOs>. Part of the anthology "That was the year that was" (I think 1965). Lehrer dropped out of satire eventually and went back to teaching mathematics. His general feeling of futility was sort of captured by him remarking that "political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" (after bombing an uninvolved Cambodia if I remember correctly) but he had stopped performing before that. It remains immensively popular to be "unpolitical" and leaving maintenance of once's personal conscience and ethics to soulless mechanisms ultimately driven by collective individual greed. While I readily agree that this list is not really topical to political discussions, I consider the proud abdictation of political responsibility a political statement, and actually one that runs counter to several reasons Linux has managed to grow in relevance enough to warrant this list. Sorry for the noise. It turns out that while the only general-purpose operating system I employ in the "production" of my music is GNU/Linux, the music (and other audio output) itself does not really convey any message related to Linux. The most relevant is likely when I give instructive videos/talks about my manner of music production but those aren't music as such at all. It seems that the request about "Linux-made music" has different purposes for different people: some want to see what can be done when using Linux (or GNU/Linux) as your general-purpose operating system, some when you use it for as many purposes in music production as feasible, some are more interested in listening to music from people feeling aligned in their creative thinking with Linux as a system of choice. Interesting. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
