[Yudan]

Paul,

Don't flame me, man. Please re-read my reply, bandage the injury that you received from the underside of your desk on your jerking knee.

Lindh is a traitor, and I would rip the eyes out of his head and piss in his dead skull if I could get my hands on him.

My point is I didn't necessarily see glorification of Lindh's actions, but an examination of rebellion for rebellion's sake.

I will re-read Earle's interview and the lyrics to the somg to make sure I'm not missing something.

[Paul Atreides]

I am not flaming you, and I am not speaking from a knee-jerk reaction. Also, I came in very tired and didn't mean to take out my anger at Earle, on you. Personally, I have read the lyrics and they do seems to be of the moral relativism vein. I cannot see this songwriter writing a song about say, the bomber of an abortion clinic, about how he was just doing what he believed in. I think that Lindh is a politically correct figure and Earle has latched onto him in order to get across some sort of lefty message.

[MissouriForBush]

I used to work in Nashville in the music industry.

For what it's worth, most people I knew there considered Steve Earle to be an arrogant, first-class jerk.

On the other hand, Charlie Daniels was universally well-liked.

Personnally, I'll take Charlie's music over Steve's any day.

[flyervet]

Yeah, right.

Next thing you know, you'll be claiming that Johnny Cash wasn't a boy named Sue.

Come on, everyone knows that all singers believe 100% of their lyrics literally, word for word and note for note.