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Thread #64747   Message #1061172
Posted By: alanabit
26-Nov-03 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: Have anti-war songs changed anything?
Subject: RE: Have anti-war songs changed anything?
Absolutely. The worst tyrannies arise not from the industry of the few but from the indifference of the many. Most of the worst evils of this world can be averted by a large number of people doing a small amount of good. That can mean many things. At election times it means picking the lesser of two evils - which is what most political choices come down to. Songs make up a very small part of that process, but I would not want to lose them. As the good songs last and doggerel like the "Horst Wessel Lied" (a Nazi rallying song) get shown up for the rubbbish they are, I would say time is on the side of the singers.