There's a man with a gun over there, tellin' me I've got to beware.... This song, written by Stephen Stills and recorded by the group Buffalo Springfield back in December 23, 1966, is just as relevant today, as it was over fifty years ago. There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware It used to be that in the " civilized world " , people could and would argue their differing philosophies adamantly, without feeling the need to physically eliminate anyone and everyone who held a different perspective on a particular issue. That is not to say that [most] wars and skirmishes were not ideologically based. Rather, it is to say that " civil discourse " used-to-be the preferred method of advancing one's " worldview ". There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Exactly! Everyone wants to believe that their perspective
