Comments on: Pianist Cancels All U.S. Concerts Over Foreign Policy

By: civil_truth

civil_truth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:34:53 +0000

…and they didn’t figure it worth their time to pile on. Or perhaps they lost interest before they spotted Dencal’s comment. There’s a whole host of plausible reasons.

Equating silence with acquiescence or approval is not valid reasoning.

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:26:30 +0000

But then again I think you are a disingenuous troll.

By: Common_Cents

Common_Cents — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:24:46 +0000

By: Gyorc Nacain

Gyorc Nacain — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:16:58 +0000

I was not trying to insult anyone…I was surprised, precisely because people here are usually pretty good about stuff like this, and yet there had been little reaction, which seemed unusual.

By: E Pluribus Unum

E Pluribus Unum — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:53:13 +0000

Everybody does typos.

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:52:39 +0000

I just saw it thanks to you actually…and I love the way you actually diverted blame from the original poster to everybody else on this site except you and civil.

Subtle insults, Gyorc, make you just as bad as him.

*Although it wouldn’t break my heart if you took Gyorc out with him.

By: Gyorc Nacain

Gyorc Nacain — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:43:12 +0000

Am I the only one who sees something objectionable about this, other than civil truth?

By: civil_truth

civil_truth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:24:33 +0000

You forgot to mention that he reads the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” every night before he goes to bed.

By: olsmithie

olsmithie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:19:55 +0000

By: Dencal26

Dencal26 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:13:24 +0000

I can almost be sure Zimmerman is Jewish before he is Polish and his opinions more closely resemble the average Bolshevik than they do the average Pole.

By: ampla

ampla — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:56:15 +0000

I read the article, and he appears to be suffering from some delusional thinking about the “real world” that many geniuses struggle with. His piano was destroyed shortly after 9-11 as a security precaution by the Transportation Security Administration, so now he assembles his piano himself when he travels. Obviously his piano is very important to him. He is a brilliant pianist but he seems to be having a hard time sorting out the world around him.

By: mikefisk

mikefisk — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Daniel Gildenlow, lead singer of progressive rock band Pain of Salvation, has not toured the US in years over opposition to government policies of fingerprinting everyone that comes into the country from overseas. He only recently changed his policy, announcing a tour in the US this summer, on the grounds that having Obama as President was enough for him (although he says he’s still vociferously against the fingerprinting policy).

That being said, he figured out a way of getting me to see him perform anyways… his band is touring with the favorite band of myself and Utah Governor Huntsman (Dream Theater). Decisions, decisions…

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:17:22 +0000

A typo.

By: alamac

alamac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:57:06 +0000

What does that mean? Go before his money? Doesn’t make any sense.

..Unless you mean “forgo his money”–which means to give it up…

Just sayin’

By: mbecker908

mbecker908 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:00 +0000

By: WarEagle01

WarEagle01 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:29:51 +0000

Whatever, pal. Here, let me hold the door for you so it doesn’t his you in the…

By: bk

bk — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:44:41 +0000

From the LA Times article: “In a low voice that could not be heard throughout the auditorium, Zimerman, universally considered among the world’s finest pianists, made reference to Guantanamo Bay and U.S. military policies toward Poland.”

Let’s see, Obama claims to have closed Gitmo, and he has said he’s backing off helping Poland out and leaving it in Putin’s hands. That worked our pretty well for Poland 70 years ago.