In article <d5h702Px1dVG01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Earth@ccc.amdahl.com writes:
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> So what's so great about Elvis? I know there are lots of Elvis fan out
>there but I don't see how one can idolize Elvis or any other singer/entertainer in general. After all, he was only a singer and contributed nothing to the human kind, not to mention the fact that his moral value was just as close as valueless. I have great admiration for individuals such as McArthur, Churchill, DeGaul, Pasteur, Einstein, and many others because they contributed so much to the world. If they are still alive today, I'm sure they will contribute even
>more to solve current world problem. But should Elvis still be alive today,
>what could he contribute beside serving as an old, outdated, immoral, false
>idol?
You see, Elvis is so very you-and-me, yet not you-and-me. You've
contributed nothing either to the morality of this world, yet that is
what you value. Elvis may not have contributed to the morality, but
such was not his aim, and thus he is you-and-me, though not very much
you.
As Mojo Dixon says, "Elvis is everywhere."
We are not interested in Elvis the Singer, Elvisthe Tub o' Goo, Elvis
the Karate Kid--we are pursuing to glimpse him. I believe that seeing
Elvis is contingent upon something within us--we can't see Elvis
unless the time is right, unless we are deserving. And it's not a
matter of believing that Elvis is alive. No, it lies in achieving
Elvis-harmony within ourselves, when our pelvis in synch with the
world around us.
Go, Anti-Elvis, take your pithy mind elsewhere; you are not wanted
