I read an interview from Steve Earle who said that when John Walker Lind was arrested, he thought he had a son about the same age, and that he wanted to write a song from his perspective. See the dad reference in the song. Everybody screws up at some point, and it's a shame that this kid got caught up in something over his head at a bad time. It's also telling that Steve Earle had the balls to point out that we as American's were going too far to make this kid a vilian, and tossing civil liberties out the window. It takes a strong character to be that correct and stand to your convicitions even when they are unpopular. Even better, he never backed down and let people overreact to the song, unlike the wavering Dixie Chicks. Appreciating this song, like art, doesn't make you a terrorist, or a Muslim.
I read an interview from Steve Earle who said that when John Walker Lind was arrested, he thought he had a son about the same age, and that he wanted to write a song from his perspective. See the dad reference in the song. Everybody screws up at some point, and it's a shame that this kid got caught up in something over his head at a bad time. It's also telling that Steve Earle had the balls to point out that we as American's were going too far to make this kid a vilian, and tossing civil liberties out the window. It takes a strong character to be that correct and stand to your convicitions even when they are unpopular. Even better, he never backed down and let people overreact to the song, unlike the wavering Dixie Chicks. Appreciating this song, like art, doesn't make you a terrorist, or a Muslim.