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In reply to the discussion: Can we pease stop advocating murder in the gungeon? [View all]stone space
(6,498 posts)47. "It isn't nice to block the doorways, it isn't nice to go to jail."
If you'd have been nice there would be no "them"
It Isn't Nice
Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1964 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1993. This original version of the song was banned from the radio in Japan--in Japanese, but not in English!
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,1
Mr. Charlie2 didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper,
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice,
Now you say we aren't nice,
And if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
But thanks for your advice,
Cause if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1964 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1993. This original version of the song was banned from the radio in Japan--in Japanese, but not in English!
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it,
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor,
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
You told us once, you told us twice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,1
Mr. Charlie2 didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper,
Did you stand upon the track?
You were quiet just like mice,
Now you say we aren't nice,
And if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to block the doorway,
It isn't nice to go to jail,
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail.
It isn't nice, it isn't nice,
But thanks for your advice,
Cause if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.
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Putting a bullet in somebody's head just because you can is not self defense. (nt)
stone space
Apr 2015
#22
How about learning the legal definition of what murder really is before posting
Lurks Often
Apr 2015
#23
No one has advocated shooting and killing someone who has tackled another.
blueridge3210
Apr 2015
#32
"GGjohn said it would be justified, if daniels had pulled out his gun & shot:"
blueridge3210
Apr 2015
#46
Close attention to factual accuracy is not a priority in gun control advocacy
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2015
#53
This seems to be part of a grassroots 'Big Lie' campaign in re the Foster-Daniels case:
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2015
#63
or university professors of any kind (except perhaps philosophy professors)
Lurks Often
Apr 2015
#146
Your comments in this thread shed a lot of light on why you're too embarrassed to
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2015
#69
I don't expect a person who knows nothing about the laws governing use of force to agree with me
Lurks Often
Apr 2015
#115
Failure to recognize a survival instinct can't be mistaken for wisdom. n/t
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2015
#114
He won't be able to answer for a while, as he's currently on the naughty stool:
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#154
Wonder how fast a Democratic gun rights supporter would be banned from this site
pablo_marmol
May 2015
#165