You have a point, bilwick, that the guy was at lea...

2006-04-04T20:26:00.000-04:00

You have a point, bilwick, that the guy was at least being forthright, but my objections are twofold:

1. He had completely ruled out loving the woman, yet was not only fine with sleeping with her but actively resisted her efforts to get him out of her life, and

2. He was so self-involved that though it was "many years ago" that he'd fallen in love, there was no possibility in his mind that he might have, say, grown or changed since then. It was a nice little snapshot of the whole "I'm OK, you're OK" ethos that seemed to my preteen brain to define the times, a moral relativism and sense of self-importance that frankly doesn't square with what I see as my place here on earth (in this instance to try to become a better person and to teach my kids consideration and good character).

A possible third is just the whole run-of-the-mill fornication aspect, but I do live in the new millenium...

I remember hearing the Meat Loaf song a lot, and w...

2006-03-28T11:41:00.000-05:00

I remember hearing the Meat Loaf song a lot, and while I cannot recall the lyrics word-for-word decades later, I don't recall any immoral about it. I thought the point of the song was that he (that is the song's protagonist) was being completely forthright in stating what he wanted while at the same time declining to mislead the girl with false promises of love.

Comments on The Lipstick Republican: Some thoughts on music

You have a point, bilwick, that the guy was at lea...

I remember hearing the Meat Loaf song a lot, and w...