17 Feb 97 17:55, Kenneth Newman wrote to Rick Mcbroom:

 KN> For one thing, a rocket launcher, unless you are highly trained in
 KN> how to use one, is worse than useless; it becomes a highly dangerous
 KN> lump of metal.

Yea, well someone just ready to explode under the weight of injustice wants a
powerful weapon to whack their oppressor. If you've never even touched a gun
before and a burgler comes into your house and shoots your wife, wouldn't you
grab it and empty the magazine?

Or would you not because you didn't have the training?


 KN> People who know how to use them don't call them "rocket launchers"
 KN> but rather by their proper names like LAW, TA4, Dragon

Kenneth, now *that's* humour. 90% of the people who heard the song wouldn't
understand what the heck he was talking about. Using your 'logic' as a guide,
would it make sense to write a song that couldn't be understood except by a
very small percentage of listeners?


 KN> But being a singer and not someone trained in the use of modern
 KN> weaponry it is very likely that if Mr. Cockburn, whose eyesight ain't
 KN> too hot BTW actually got his wish and got his mitts on a "rocket
 KN> launcher" he would be likely to:

It's a *song* Kenneth. It doesn't necessarily mean that he really wants to get
a rocket launcher, or do you believe that the writers of songs and books and
movies are really writing about themselves?

Rick.