[Grassroots-l] G1G1 updates, Lennon video and other vids

[Kevin Cole]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 16:21, Andrés Ambrois <andresambrois at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also wouldn't feel comfortable articulating dead people imagery to make it
> seem like they said something they didn't. No matter how obvious it may seem
> that it is an actor, no matter how much his wife agrees with the statement.
>
> I feel Sagan's voice in this video would have made a true a deep message:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkC7ralR30
>
> I would suggest Sagan's Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot passages for future ads of
> this nature. There are countless great poets out there, no need to fake them
> :)

At first, I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I see others
feel as I do.  Putting words in someone's mouth without a strong hint
of parody isn't right.  Doubly so for an individual no longer around
to agree or disagree with those words.  Although somewhat mitigated by
the fact that someone who spent a lot of time with him and should have
an inkling to how he thought, endorsed it, I don't know that I'd want
my partner giving her blessing to having my image lip-sync something I
didn't say. It leads me to ask "What other deceptions are being
perpetrated?"  (I often feel that way about coopting music for
advertising as well, as it generally ends up spoiling my love for a
particular tune to have it associated with some product.  But that's
another story.)

On the other hand, Pale Blue Dot is excellent.  After 9/11, the SETI
Institute posted an excerpt from that on their web site, which I
printed and have had hanging on my office door since then.