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Well, have you read the her description of herself on her profile? '. .I am a nurse, a mother, a BITCH, and a lover. .' '. . .I have love Peter Gabriel for many years & think he is a genius. I would like to meet him & perhaps MARRY him. . .' Well, I don't know. . . Doesn't sound very believable or trust-worthy. And well, this thread is just ridiculous, I'm sorry, but it IS.

well, a song is a song , Peter just recalls he is not the angel gabriel and that each of us have a part of darkness including you and I , that's it, and why going further on ? and yes , this thread is ridiculous if any one see evil in an album

Progressive Jen has made a valid point. May I continue? Stephen King wrote a story called "Rage," about school-shootings long BEFORE there was Columbine. One reader acted the story out, by bringing a gun to school and using it. The news reported this. Much less was said about the other 100 thousand (estimated) readers, who did NOT act out the story. I was one of those readers. More examples can be found. Charles Manson found a reason to kill in listening to the Beatles' "Helter Skelter". How many other people listened to that song? I do not know, but it must be thousands of listeners. Other than Manson, have any of those other listeners decided to kill people? I think not. I cannot think of anything in UP to justify violence. In fact, only two PBG songs come to mind that might encourage violence: "Intruder" and "No Self Control." In both cases, Peter sings in the role of a violent person. SO, in principle, someone might use the first song to justify burglary, and the second to justify child/spouse abuse. But my point above remains relevant: many of US have listened to these songs. Did they make US act out the songs? I certainly did not. Neither did those Lunatics I know. Punt uit.