Bah, Humbug!
Since the Elder has brought up the subject of John Lennon songs that are painful to listen to, let me add the utterly atrocious "Happy Christmas (War is Over)" to the list. You know the one. It features the Imagine-esque lines "War is over if you want it" (sounds like Howard Dean's approach to national security), "Let's stop all the fight" and a similar wish that the perfectly serviceable emotion of fear be eradicated from the Earth.
Personally, I tend to depend on fear as a warning that I may want to avoid a particular situation. Without it, I may wish to run blindfolded through a field of electrified bear traps while wearing beard of bees and stuffing enraged rattlesnakes down my pants.
Fear, I can live with. Sappy, simplistic and utterly inane sentiments like those expressed in this song I cannot.
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