Road Angel: Yeah, wait, let me make sure I understand the point being advanced here. Abusing a woman and dealing with an abuser are equivalent? Just askin', is all..... I: First of all, there's no abuse of anybody in the Toby Keith song; the accusation is that the guy's attitude is somehow misogynistic because he's asking the girl who didn't like him in high school "How You Like Me Now?" First of all the same song could be (and probably has been) written from a female perspective, and in fact a female competitor did it on Keith's song on that show "Nashville Star." But anyway, my point is that Keith's song is no more indicative of a general attitude towards women than the Dixie Chicks song is a statement that all men are wife-beaters who deserve to be murdered. (As far as I remember the killing in the Chicks' song is not in self-defense.) My point was not that murder is a fit subject for country songs (or any other songs). My point was that Keith's song was no more anti-female than the Chicks' was anti-male. They're both accounts of specific situations. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963