Re: [Harp-L] Jean de Florette and stelaing gifts

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

First, a little harmonica content, as Bob mentions Jean de Florette and
Manon of the Spring. Great theme music, taken *with credit* from
Verdi's la Forza del Destino and played on harmonica by Toots
Thielemans, who also plays a folk theme that is played onscreen by
Manon (the deceased Jean de Florette's daughter, played by the
beautiful Emmanuelle Béart) as she dances around nude after bathing in
a mountain spring, thinking she is alone (but she is observed by the
nephew of - but you can watch the movie if you want to get the whole
soap opera).

Anyway, I hardly think Little Water and SBWII qualify as the sort of
robber barons that Robin Hood was up against (at least in legend) or
the sort of selfish landowners who deprive others wrongly of water. And
there are effective legal remedies to the wrongs you describe.
Countering crime with crime is seldom a successful strategy.

Winslow

--- Bob Laughlin <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > On a similar note, someone earlier in this vast thread enthused on
> the
> > fact that the ripoff artist was spreading joy to his listeners with
> the
> > copied solos and that therefore it was cool.
> >
> > That's a little like excusing a thief for being generous with his
> > ill-gotten gains. Anyone who benefits without knowing about the
> theft
> > is being abused and deceived. Anyone who knowingly participates is
> as
> > much a thief as the original robber.
> >
> > Winslow
> >
> 
> Hey,,I always thought Robin Hood was doing the right thing, in
> stealing back
> that which was unfairly taken from the people, in unfair taxation,
> and
> giving it back to the people.
> 
> I heard someone talk about "relative morality", where a man stealing
> for
> certain purposes is justified.
> 
> What if, for instance, someone needs water, and the well owner
> decides to
> keep him from going to the well, or a stream goes through some
> property that
> belongs to another man, and that man decides to dam the stream,
> stopping its
> flow to the neighboring farms?
> 
> Some alleged "crimes" may save lives, for instance blowing up the
> dam, which
> shouldn't have been constructed anyway, morally speaking.
> 
> If  crime rights a moral wrong, is it wrong to commit the crime?
> 
> This theme is covered in the French movies "Manot of the Spring", and
> "Jean
> de Floret", by the way.
> 
> How do we know if the writers or composers of songs copyrighted in
> their
> names haven't really received their "inspiration" from another,
> uncredited
> source?
> 
> Just asking.
> 
> BL
> 
> 



       
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