The song is more generalized than a specific father and son relationship. It's about how the older generation lives out their lives without any concern or consideration of the younger generation to follow. A couple of good examples: Here in the US, I always see this big SUV on my way to work. The older lady that drives it has two bumper stickers, one says "DRILL NOW" with a phallic spurting oil well, the other Bumper sticker says "WORLDS BEST GRANDMA". Now I don't need to convince anyone that oil is a limited resource and that it will run out in due time. So here you have this grandma promoting the mass exploitation of resources that the next generation will need by her consumer and political choices.. yet at the same time saying how she is such a great grandma.
Another area is health care. Is it fair for todays youth / workers to have to pay for the older generations health care ( a major theme throughout Jurrasitol )? I think it is fair if the older generation makes health choices that will lesson the burden on the following generations - things like not smoking, not being an alcoholic, not being a fat ass. Most of our health care dollars our rolled up in taking care of people in the last year of their life - which is fair and just.. we don't want a "Logans-Run" type world where old folks are left to die or are euthanized. But the old folks owe us something in return; they / we all need to take care of ourselves, and our environment to lesson the burden of our choices on the following generations.
The song is more generalized than a specific father and son relationship. It's about how the older generation lives out their lives without any concern or consideration of the younger generation to follow. A couple of good examples: Here in the US, I always see this big SUV on my way to work. The older lady that drives it has two bumper stickers, one says "DRILL NOW" with a phallic spurting oil well, the other Bumper sticker says "WORLDS BEST GRANDMA". Now I don't need to convince anyone that oil is a limited resource and that it will run out in due time. So here you have this grandma promoting the mass exploitation of resources that the next generation will need by her consumer and political choices.. yet at the same time saying how she is such a great grandma.
Another area is health care. Is it fair for todays youth / workers to have to pay for the older generations health care ( a major theme throughout Jurrasitol )? I think it is fair if the older generation makes health choices that will lesson the burden on the following generations - things like not smoking, not being an alcoholic, not being a fat ass. Most of our health care dollars our rolled up in taking care of people in the last year of their life - which is fair and just.. we don't want a "Logans-Run" type world where old folks are left to die or are euthanized. But the old folks owe us something in return; they / we all need to take care of ourselves, and our environment to lesson the burden of our choices on the following generations.