IMO, the problem with the song is nothing to do with music--as a song, it's fine--nor with the meaning, alleged meaning, pseudo-meaning, pseudo-porno-meaning or other-meaning of the word. I am still chuckling over the idea of American "familiarity" with Gullah. That in itself, to me, is a Kumbaya moment. What the problem is, I think, is the naive belief that massive socio-economic problems can be easily addressed. Best example was a friend of mine saying that if we ever catch Osama bin Laden, we should just all sit down and sing "Kumbaya" together. Solving problems and eliminating differences is a laudable GOAL, but given human nature, it will take more than wishing.

Oh, and LittleHawk, the next time you have such a lovely inspiration for raising the level of discourse, would you do me a favor and keep it the eff to yourself?

Chicken Charlie