{"id":536,"date":"2005-01-06T10:12:06","date_gmt":"2005-01-06T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/01\/06\/inappropriate-songs\/"},"modified":"2005-01-06T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2005-01-06T14:12:06","slug":"inappropriate-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/01\/06\/inappropriate-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Inappropriate Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No, I’m not talking about the latest song by Eminem or 50 Cent (or, as I believe the young whipper snappers are calling him, Fitty-Cent). Nope, I’m talking about singing Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindoor incessently! I can’t stop it, either. And I can’t blame the snowy weather because I’ve been humming that damn song (among other holiday classics) for days.<\/P>
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Maybe it’s because I never really celebrated Christmas this year and I’m just now getting into the spirit? Or maybe I’m just a freak. But it is becoming a bit unsettling. Especially since there are over 350 days until the actual holiday.<\/P>
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I guess it could be worse – I could have the Macarena stuck in my head.<\/P>
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And speaking of inappropriate songs, I think that “Jesus Loves Me’ is an inappropriate song for children. I mean, the first lines are “Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so.” Should we really be instructing our children to believe everything they read? What if the bible told them to jump off a bridge – should they? <\/P>
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I’ll never forget in 9th grade social studies class when we were being taught about the difference between conformity and nonconformity. The teacher asked which we should be and a religious student’s hand went right up and said that we should all be conformists. The teacher tried explaining otherwise, but she wouldn’t budge. Sad.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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