[LAU] Gil Scott-Heron, R.I.P.

[pshirkey at boosthardware.com]

> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 9:40 PM,  <pshirkey at boosthardware.com> wrote:
>
>> The revolution will not be televised!
>
> The revolution was on Al-jazeera!
>

That was not *the revolution*

>> The revolution will happen in your mind :-)
>
> Scott-Heron wasn't into the politics of the personal, much. He was one
> of the first to denounce the notion that to change the world, you
> should focus on changing yourself. I was too young to understand what
> he meant back then, but now I do. Just makes him even more of a
> legend.
>

There is a great interview on youtube where he says the exact opposite.

Maybe he revised his position at some point?


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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd