| Alanis Morissette – Forgiven Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I was just listening to this song and even though I've heard it a million times I only just really heard some of the lyrics, and immediately realised that tihs song is about all that you said. Very well explained. However I'm curious to know what you mean by "F--- the lies that Europe has spread all the way over here. It is time to be real with our kids." What lies would those be, and why are they only specific to Europe? As a European, I can tell you that some Americans are often viewed as being delusional in terms of religion - while a lot of European countries still have very active Catholic communities, this is mostly generational. I would say that most people under the age of 40 have become disillusioned with the Catholic Church and organised religion. In Ireland especially (where I currently live), where abuse of the Catholic Church is a tragedy that affected thousands of people. It's quite rare to see Catholic activists in Europe (e.g. anti-abortion, pro-abstinence, etc) and I actually believe Europe to be mostly liberal and a lot less prude than America, but that's just in my experience since I have never lived in the US and my perception is mostly anecdotal and the result of what I've seen and read about these issues (and obviously I know that these communities are a small percentage of the American population and not at all representative of the nation as a whole). By the way I'm not trying to pike holes in your opinions, I'm just interested to see the context of that particular comment. |
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