The song was not meant to teach the meaning of the word ironic. It was meant to talk about life.

Before I go on. I should point out that she had no intention of going public with this song when she wrote it. Some influential person heard her sing it and thought it was good enough to have her go with it. This song was like a note to herself. It is like when you write something on a notepad to yourself that makes perfect sense to you but is total nonsense to everyone else.

The song "Ironic" lists a bunch of examples, some better than others, of how shit happens. She talks about how even though life contains all these annoyances, it still helps us out in some way. The problem is that her song is so out of balance that this message does not get across to the listener very well. It is really only the last two lines of the song that allow the listener to understand what she means. Even these two lines do not get the idea across very well. But then this song was not written for public hearing.

Why do Canadians seem to care so much about their nationality? Or some of the other countries where the people go apeshit if you put down one of their countries beliefs? My best friend is from Canada. I live in Wisconsin in the United States. He moved to my city several years ago because of his dad's business. When he first moved, he talked a lot how some of the inventors in the United States actually were in Canada when they started doing their thing and then moved to the U.S. because they were easily funded here. After a while, he stopped talking about that kind of thing. He began to realize that a country is not great because a great person lives in it or was born into it. A country is great because of the majority of those that live in it are great. Great does not mean rich and famous. Great means that they have values. They try to make the world a better place. A great country is where the people are caring and willing to help others despite their own problems.

Albert Einstein was a German during the time of World War II. Even so, we let him be a scientist. Yes, he was a Jew, but still a German. Did nationality matter then? I don't give a rat's ass where someone is from. All that matters to me is what kind of person that person is. Hitler was a bad person. He was not bad because he was a German. He was bad because of who he was. It is sad that some people will hate entire countries because of the acts of one man. You are probably pointing out to yourself that the country helped Hitler do what he did. I must point out that it was Hitler that helped/made the country do what it did. That is my view on nationality.

If you would erase the borders, no one would care where you came from anymore other than curiosity. You would no longer have to consider yourself boring just because you are Canadian.

Brooks Hagenow