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In reply to the discussion: "What shall we do now?" (re. the UCSB shootings) [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,271 posts)21. No, that's just total nonsense
He says nothing about WW1; WW2 is depicted as a massacre which killed innocent people, and meant people like Pink's father (or Waters', in real life) died - and the leaders are blamed (and you can see him continuing to blame leaders in 'The Final Cut').
The 'gender relations' in 'The Wall' are personal - the break-up of a marriage, or over-dependence on a mother. The Wall's messages about society are about alienation, authority (not just war - schooling too), consumerism, bigotry and cults. You have missed huge sections of the film/album, and focused on your own hobby-horse.
Here's an interview with Waters: http://www.pink-floyd.org/artint/98.htm
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You are trying to conflate war and the character's personal problems
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#34
If you taught rhetoric than I ask you to step back and look for a larger, overarching theme
KittyWampus
May 2014
#2
So the invention of bigger and better guns and war machines had nothing to do with it?
davidn3600
May 2014
#11
we have often talked about the backlash resulting from so much success of women over a small
seabeyond
May 2014
#15
We fight to amend the Second Amendment. The existence of guns prevents the very conversations
ancianita
May 2014
#45
that has nothing to do with love and desire. that has nothing to do with being fearful
seabeyond
May 2014
#56