America in Rock Music

Many bands in America have an album or a couple of songs that have some reference or lyrics that talk about America. For instance "Eye of the Beholder" by Metallica talks about freedom of speech and freedom of choice. The pre-chorus says, "Doesn't matter what you see, Or into it what you read, You can do it your own way, If it's done just how I say". It brings up the question of how much freedom and liberty we have, and how the two are defined. "But as the expanding use of ''freedom'' makes every policy and program a part of the national mission, ''liberty'' has receded from the patriotic vocabulary." (Nunberg). Although the song is around 15 years older than the article mentioned, it still puts into question how liberty and freedom are taken away for certain situations of national security. "One" is another song in the album, it does not mention liberty or freedom, but rather a song that relates to "Johnny Got His Gun", a movie about a soldier injured in World War I. The song talks about Joe Bonham, an amputee that has lost all of his limbs and sight and is left trapped inside his mind. It shows the horrors of war, and the question of fighting for freedom and liberty can be brought up again. To what extent does fighting go too far, and how does it damage everybody that tries and participate in it to help a country with unclear and fading beliefs? Our liberty and freedom are changing with the new age in technology, how much of it will stay and be defined, and how much of it will be gotten rid of to try and "protect" the people of the nation?

Rage Against the Machine was a band that had very political lyrics about the government, and police brutality. They have strong lyrics that show "rage" against the "the Machine", or government and police forces. "Killing in the Name of" by Rage Against the Machine is one of their most popular songs, and their chorus is "Those who died are justified, For wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites, You justify those that died, By wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites" this talks about police brutality, and how it is unfair and unjustifiable. System of a down is another political rock ban that has many great hits. In their song "Toxicity" the chorus is "You!, What do you own the world, How do you own disorder, disorder" talking about how some countries think the world is theirs, and they can do whatever they want. American sometimes fits into this role, and it shows how our freedom can lead to becoming overconfident.

These bands either mainly focus on politics are have other songs/albums that talk about America. All of these songs have interesting points on how the government works, and it is a good way to start a protest and try and help the government become better.

Sources
https://genius.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/weekinreview/nation-freedom-vs-liberty-more-than-just-another-word-for-nothing-left-lose.html

The Horrors of False Confession

People can break like a pencil. Too much pressure and they will break in half. So when someone is being tortured verbally for something they did not do, they might confess to doing that action. People break under pressure and will try to get away from the source of pressure. It is a basic human response.  Psychological scientist and lead researcher Julia Shaw of the University of Bedfordshire in the UK did a study on interrogations and she said, "Our findings show that false memories of committing crime with police contact can be surprisingly easy to generate, and can have all the same kinds of complex details as real memories,". So when under intense interrogation, someone might confess to doing the action they were accused of. Why? Because it is a basic human action of "Fight or Flight", and they chose "Flight", or confessing falsely due to the interrogation techniques they might have used in this situation.

In "The Crucible", you can see examples of people falsely confessing in being apart of the witch situation that is occurring in Salem. The people in the town of Salem are scared of the situation, and when any blame is put on them, they try to push it off to someone else. So when Hale comes in to help solve the situation, his interrogation techniques make the people of Salem sometimes falsely confess. It can be a scary thing because your livelihood and your life itself are at stake. But some will crack under the pressure, and they will hope that with God they can be pure again, even though they did nothing wrong and their faith is still strong. It is a scary thing, and all of this fear is spreading throughout Salem and its people. It makes all the people question, "Do I have a part in this?". This situation can be serious in today's world too. That's why there are many horrors in false confessions and can be a very big problem in bringing justice to those that are actually guilty.

Source: https://americanvision.org/14201/study-on-false-confessions-shocker-why-the-innocent-should-not-talk-to-police/