Tommy Smothers SHOCKs Vegas audience with SERIOUS anti-war song.

elmodecipio Says:

Oct 16, 2011 - Who did and does more harm to humanity? Science, religion or banks.

OVCMA Says:

Oct 28, 2011 - God bless you, @GeorgeCF99. Sadly, some people fail to see the distinction between a terrorist and the hero who stops the terrorist. You, sir, are the latter and I thank you for your service. It is they, the terrorists you fight, who sow the seeds of hatred of which Tommy sang. If it weren't for brave men and women like yourself, the terrorists you risk your life to stop would have long ago massacred us all, including the poorly-informed individuals mocking you here.

tonybenn1000 Says:

Nov 1, 2011 - you are as screwed up as george! Tommy is trying to get through to people like you in his song. it;s like this, WE are going from country to country, bombing, kidnaping, torturing rapeing, murdering & spending hundreds fo Billions to do it. ( beware the millitary industrial complex ) They don;t care who, or, how many they kill ! it;s all about the bottom line! it;s taken me since NOV. 22, 1963 to figure out that the people behind the US. GOV. are the REAL TERRORISTS! thats why They hateus

JanDarjeeling Says:

Nov 10, 2011 - Some things never change.

tjmccormack Says:

Nov 15, 2011 - This song reminds me of the style of antiwar song made famous by the late great Phil Ochs.

monergistical Says:

Dec 26, 2011 - Q: Who do I have to hate to be Tommy Smothers' friend?A: Those who are pro-war.Ironic, isn't it?Touching song, however oversimplistic and naive. It will certainly stir emotions, especially of those who share the same oversimplicity and naivete.Perhaps we will live in a world without war someday...after we somehow eliminate all the bad warring people...without warring against them somehow.lol

wixperiments Says:

Jan 12, 2012 - Thank You-Peace

MrEniena Says:

Jan 31, 2012 - To the people who disliked this: do you have any heart at all or do you just enjoy pressing that button to annoy people?

HerodotustheElder Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - @Westwerld We can be strong and defend ourselves without justifying hate. Hate will reap hate. Violence will reap violence. Anyone can choose to stop the cycle.

omarnomade Says:

Mar 8, 2012 - i thing YOU are part of the warring people with your simple taste for get worse.you are the people thar are fucking this world.go get the next war ,you or your sons and i hope they or you die there

omarnomade Says:

Mar 8, 2012 - im shure you all deserve it!

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - Very nicely said, Herod... not original though... and this thought has been around as long as mankind. Show me where it has happened. Of course there was Ghandi... who opposed a civilized society on his soil. But what of the uncivilized. What of the Mo Potts, the Hussein's, what do we do about the starvation and atrocities in N Korea, ALL throughout central Asia. Would ya like to go talk to them? Been tried for millinia... yet it is the same. Dream on, my friend... dream on. There are BAD ppl.

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - wix... you're pretty ill informed. Easy to say you're against a war... any can say that. I'm against war... but war decides whether or not it will exist. NOT you, NOT me. When it DOES, someone has to defend the defenseless or the ideology of BEING free... as you are... thanx to someone who partook in a war they did NOT create. So you've decided there are those you CAN hate... will HATE... THAT my friend can lead to WAR. Come to the real world.

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - Tommy's making his living. YOU are doing nothing.You and *I* [that makes a "WE"] are definitly doing NOTHING together. WE[?]... what rock did you climb out from under? Where was the war "WE" created? And it's amazing, that in all those years... of self diagnosis, you never learned how to express yourself... or to type. You're all over the page on this matter.

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - As were many, SonOf..., as were many... and many on the planet live today because of those who put life on the line. It IS "love" that allows a man to defend others. "No greater love hath ANY man than to...", get my point?

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - A very poignant song... a message that reaches the ears of the congregation... now... Tommy... go sing it where it needs to be heard. Sing it to the N Korean dictator, sing it to the IMAM's..., sing it to those selling daughters as brides, sell it to those who beat wives and disfigure children... sing it bro, sing it. Tommy has hate and disgust, just like any man, I might add and a very nice lifestyle, thanx to those like his dad.

HerodotustheElder Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - It happens around those who are wise enough to lead and strong enough to effect. I'm not proposing raising an army to attack or nuking N Korea. Probably nothing can be done there at this point in time for those people. If one learns to identify one sphere of influence then one can focus positive energies where they can actually have an effect. Actually I am rather against going after Pol Pots, Husseins and the like. Such efforts usually fail.

SonOfMrGreengenes Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - What is or was valid in the past is not always valid for the present. Our job as humans is to improve... always. To make life better. At some point we need to stop killing each other. It simply is not necessary. Killing and war, at least in a traditional sense, is a manifestation of ABSOLUTE TOTAL FAILURE. There is NO justification for war... ever.There are no enemies... there are no boogie men... except the ones we make up in our minds... born out of that which we are indoctrinated.

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - By your logic... there is no justification to us being here... but here, we are. You can candy coat and psycho-babble to infinity. You can dissect the theoretical rhetoric as much as you desire. Before mankind... there was war, among the animals that exised for the purpose of survival. It was not an organized, orchaestrated battle-line, mapped out thing... it just was. To the point that through time... natural defenses came about... grouping... and yes, even fleeing. War preceded mankind...

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - Some hold belief that mankind learned survival from the animals... it seems a natural process... we learn while observing. There are various theories related... some believe violence to be innate to survival. I dunno. What I DO know is that many of those who did NOT resist... became slaves... throughout history. THAT is the record. Throughout history there have been those who thought and tried curing such with dialogue... it has its' place... but thusfar has been an utter failure...

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - To date, I see NO alternative that has shown even an inkling of the success of freeing mankind from oppression than war... while some talk... people are dieing... there are elements upon this planet that love it when people agree to talk because that gives time to make strategy of war and to recouperate from battles OF war. Your dream is lovely... but and als... is a dream. Not shone to have been very successful at any point in the history of mankind. Now, you can state that it is a ...

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - weakness and a failure of mankind... and you would be stating fact... however, that does not change the related realities. We are where we are, related to the matter, because ALL other possiblities failed... and while they were failing... people were maimed and mutilated, raped and enslaved, abducted and trained to be future warriors. Thet were used as shields, bartering tools, and deceitful strategies... I HATE war... but PEACE in N Korea is not very nice either... nor was it in the USSR...

punchdrunque Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - for a great many... how many innocent people died before the wall came down[?]... has it cured the problem[?]... how many innocent suffered under the likes of the Hussein family while their plight was being discussed around the dinner table[?], whose dinner table[?]. Yep, it is a failure of mankind... but it IS what it IS and MUST be dealt with in a manner to STOP it. It has been shown time and time again... THAT requires FORCE.

tonybenn1000 Says:

Apr 24, 2012 - Where is the War, We Created? Your an american, making such a statment? And You ask, What rock ( i ) Crawled out from under? Your Country INVADERD, - Korea & China,1950-1953 Guatemala,1954 Indoneasia,1958 Cuba,1959-1961 Congo,1964 Peru,65 Laos,1964-73 Vietnam,61-73 Cambodia,69 Guatemala,67-69 Tiny Grenada population 300,000, 1983 Lebanon1983 El Salvador1980s Nicaragua1980s Libya,86 Iran 87 Panama89 IRAQ 91 - Are you getting, Some of the Wars WE Created ? Democracy Now,-Goggle

tonybenn1000 Says:

Apr 24, 2012 - Your out on a day pass, right, airhead?