By William Markiewicz
On a CPCA Channel program hosted by Ken Rocburn, Former Canadian. Ambassador to Yugoslavia James Bissett made an appearance that would have irreversibly changed the world political scene if it had burst out with the necessary voltage. He told the never reported truth about the war in Yugoslavia. I remember seeing a collection from the Greek Archaic era in a museum. The captions read: "This epoch had unparalleled masters, but their names didn't reach us." I should add that those anonymous marvels were almost microscopic in size, which obviously didn't help them to make their mark on art and history. The short fantasy segment, "Oedipus Wrecks", in Woody Allen's "New York Stories" " shows a domineering Jewish mother who caught the world's attention by filling the skies! Like many creators, Woody Allen went overboard with his topic: his intention was to amuse the audience with mother-son tribulations and he reached the very core of communication: if you want to exist, be big. Cecil B. de Mille built his career on this truth but his epoch is over and his message forgotten. Ambassador Bissett - you did a fabulous job, but quality is only a fragment of what is needed; the rest is in the "size." How to dominate "the skies," how to reveal the truth which would otherwise remain hidden forever? Only somebody with influence and money can furnish the mega view of what you have to reveal. But up to now only the devil has those power tools at his disposal.
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