| The Herd – 77% Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The whole song is a reaction to the populist right-wing attitude of intolerance towards non-white non-Christians prevalent in the English speaking world, particularly in the last decade. It is predominantly about the "Tampa" immigration incident in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tampa). 77% is the surveyed support for the Australian Government's action on this issue (Aus. Gov. refused to let the container ship Tampa dock at Christmas Island carrying 460 Afghani assylum seekers which the Aus Gov. encouraged the Tampa to pick up after the assylum seekers' boat sank). "Jones'y, Zemanek and Laws" are all right-wing radio "shock-jocks" in Australia who survive on fanning right-wing intolerance in Australia. |
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