If the Ten Commandments were written by my cousin Shmerl or a God is a minor detail. But more importantly in all the denominations a “Rabbi” could be a 50th generation einikle or your friendly dyke, they all have the same job description, to be a DJ. In other words they all spin some dusty vinyls, they don’t create any music. Some DJs are purist and they still spin the real plastic, others are spinning the virtual digital copies, but they all mix old music to a popular beat, they don’t sing in their own voice. You can spin that vinyl to the right or to the left but you must understand the differences between a DJ going through some old tunes and a young Amadeus Mozart. The interpretive strands of the derivative culture are secondary, insignificant variations. You can write an app for the same proprietary OS, but then you can write a new OS. You can aggregate, link and embed, heck, even with comments, and then you can give birth to a poetic expression that changes the way we think, sing and dance.
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Further Reading:
Jon Stewart – CNBC Takedown
Is Judaism a Derivative Religion?
The Difference between a Jester and a Prophet
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