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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Whoever has an opinion of his own, and honestly expresses it, will be guilty of heresy. Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

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The important difference, of course, is that Fay actually wrote his songs.

Case of the point, “Don't Let My Marigolds Die”

Here’s the modern, mature rendition: youtu.be/xhgJE7P450s
And here’s the beautiful original: youtu.be/dcei_RUrI_E

(04/04)

@music @bandcamp

Look, we all know William Shatner was never a grade A actor nor person and he associated his name with a lot of really lousy projects over the years and bad social stances in his later years.

But let us not forget that The Transformed Man absolutely still slaps, it is an all time great of #outsider #music and doesn't deserve the mockery it got for years until Ben Folds helped people change their mind on its merits.