You could try my philosophy:
I WILL NOT LET IDIOTS DETERMINE WHAT I THINK, SAY OR DO.
Posted on 12/04/2002 6:59:43 AM PST by WaterDragon
December 4, 2002, Charlie Rose (PBS) -- Viggo Mortenson. He is the actor who plays Strider (Aragorn of Arathorn) in the Ring Trilogy. He is, he says, an American. He appeared on this program with Peter Jackson, the director and Elijah Wood, who is Frodo. Wearing a t-shirt that he made himself, which said "No more blood for oil....(snip)
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You could try my philosophy:
I WILL NOT LET IDIOTS DETERMINE WHAT I THINK, SAY OR DO.
So, we are dealing with the "politics" of another "Performance Artist."
That said, the article is skewed. It takes off on the "No more blood for oil" T-shirt and then discusses Taliban atrocities. But Mortenson did say that bombing innocent civilians was a terrible thing (as far as I can tell from the wording of the article), just as bombing innocent civilians was bad in WWII and would be bad just about any time in history.
I doubt anyone would dispute that bombing and killing innocent civilians is bad. Sometimes, sadly, it is a necessary part of a greater need to extirpate an evil that must be extirpated.
However, if innocent civilians are killed for reasons that are not noble (the extirpation of evil regimes is noble and necessary) the killing of innocent civilians may not be justified. If innocent civilians were killed solely to insure U.S. economic prosperity, that would probably not be justifiable.
"No more blood for oil" is a very poor way to make that statement, because it is unclear. In the campaign against Saddam Hussein, oil is clearly not our motivation, though some dumb Hollywood actors may see it that way. But spilling blood for oil, be it the blood of innocent civilians or the blood of America's soldier heroes -- would not be good at all.
Certainly. Part of the whole rationale for national defense is protecting our quality of life. For the time being, oil is a necessity to preserve that.
He was in The Perfect Murder. He was born in NY, to an american mother, and a father from Denmark, spent much of his childhood abroad in Denmark, Argentina, and Venezuela due to Dad's job.
He is a great actor. Period. Why do we even care what actors think? As I said earlier, I don't give a rip what my plumber thinks about politics. Viggo Mortensen does a great job in Lord of the Rings. He does not have a degree in poli sci, a career in governance, or experience in geo political diplomacy.. Ignore his politics, enjoy his acting.
His parents moved to Argentina when he was 2 and he grew up their and came back here when he was a teenager.
He used to be married to that whacked-out punker Exene Cervenka.
That is hilarious!
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