Alex, I didn't mean to criticize you for learning about Kent State from Neil Young's song, and I'm glad that hearing it made you want to look into things a little deeper on your own.

I don't really mind if my comment disparages musical propaganda in general, even if that is close to sacrilege on a forum like this. Some topical songwriting is quite good (Tom Paxton comes to mind), but I think a lot of it is ripe for some long-overdue criticism. If that places me at odds with many folkies, so be it. I don't like political posturing and slogans that are designed to fire the emotions while suppressing the intellect -- whether they're coming from Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, or Big Brother. And I think it's irresponsible to take such an emotionally charged event and reduce it to this level, in the interest of stirring the pot and generating record sales. Neil has done some good songs, but this one really offends me.