When Will We Learn

Last night, my friend Phil reminded me that one of our favorite songs from the 1960s is still quite relevant in today’s world. We were six of us together last night and as we sang the song, we felt the strong message still being ignored by too many of us throughout our nation and throughout the world. Indeed, whether it be the hundreds of thousands of shooting deaths that have occurred in America during the past decade, or the many thousands of our soldiers lost in our wars of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, “how many deaths will it take till (we) know that too many people have died” as they have died?

Bob Dylan
“Blowin’ In The Wind”

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man ?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand ?
Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned ?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea ?
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free ?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see ?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky ?
Yes, how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry ?
Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died ?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.