We Need A New Law That Owners

News Footage Came On The Tv During Dinner Of Bloody Bodies Coming Back From Battle In Vietnam, Or The Race Riots In The South, People Getting Hosed In Selma, Alabama, Or The Biafra War, Where I Got My Name. In My Household, It Was Explained And Discussed With The Children, As A Way Of Educating Us From When We First Started Grade School Why Racism And War Were Wrong, What This All Really Means.

The Boyfriend Of The Student Music Teacher Came In: "hey, Kids, This Is A Real Air Force Pilot." I Asked Him Something To The Effect Of How It Felt To Be Dropping Bombs On Children In Vietnamese Villages. And It Got Very Icy In There All Of A Sudden, And Finally The Teacher Said, "oh, Well, Eric Reads A Lot Of Newspapers. Next Question."

Another Part Of What Gave Me A Questioning, Rabble-rousing, Activist Heart And Soul Is That When All These Heavy Events Went Down, My Parents Did Not Shelter The Kids From It.

Heavy Metal Is The Most Conservative Of All Loud Music. Let's Face It, Not Even A Gym Teacher Could Get As Many People To Dress Alike.

And We Will Not Let Campbell's Soup, Old Navy, Or Anybody Else, Hammer Into The Minds Of Girls As Young As Six Years Old That They Should Always Hate Their Bodies And Always Be On A Diet!