Oh, I know, Mick. You're absolutely correct. What you say is the truth - I guess. Trouble is, if we keep on standing by the so-called "truth," we will continue to kill each other. Truth and honor and patriotism and justice are all lovely virtues, but is all this killing really worth it? Could it be that there's a higher truth?

I have the highest respect and admiration for you, Mick. Still, I plead with you to stop and look at things from another person's perspective. If a group of people were to kill a friend of mine, no matter how noble their cause, would I not be justified in calling them thugs and being offended by songs that support them? Would I not be justified in making at least an oblique comparison between them and others I despise?

-Joe-