(September 30, 2019 at 7:24 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(September 30, 2019 at 7:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I wasn't aware that people were turning to anarchy based on this song.
And I don't see the song as devaluing education. I see it as objecting to learning by rote and stifling creativity.
Boru
Same thing.
Learning through authoritarianism is just rule by fear, which stifles the creativity the song points out. Notice the teacher mocking the poet in the song?
No, it isn't the same thing. The song isn't anti-education at all - it is anti bad education.
If you want a REAL anti-authoritarian song,
Heaven Knows
And it has the added benefit that Taylor Momsen is a lot more fun to look at than Roger Waters (little Cindy Lou Who grew up right, she did).
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
