Pity the Nation

Discussion in 'Protest' started by Benther Dondat, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. Benther Dondat

    Benther Dondat Member

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    A poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti read on Democracy Now! (Pity the Nation):

    Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
    and whose shepherds mislead them.
    Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
    and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
    Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
    except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero
    and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.
    Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own
    and no other culture but its own.
    Pity the nation whose breath is money
    and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
    Pity the nation -- oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
    and their freedoms to be washed away.
    My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty.
     
  2. RightBrigade

    RightBrigade Member

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    powerful.
     
  3. nodirectionhome

    nodirectionhome Member

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    That's an amazing poem, and so sad. [​IMG]
     
  4. gardener

    gardener Realistic Humanist

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    How true.
     

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