A great subject, handled very well!
When I was much younger, I thought of the song, "Signs," as being a great, revolutionist statement about just how screwed up the world was. Today, I look at the verses of that song and scratch my head as to why I ever thought the song was so revealing as a fiery, screaming vehicle of damning truths and sad commentary on our society at the time.
"The sign says you got to have a membership card to get inside" - I mean damn, "that's so awful!" I used to think, but now I think, "Well yeah, if it's a private club or whatever, obviously you need a membership card!"
Or, "The sign said long-haired freaky people need not apply," and the dude's all upset over that, (as I used to be), but TBH, if I was an employer today and some scraggly-looking guy asked for a job, I would expect his appearance just might make me feel like not offering him a job, thinking to myself, "No offense meant dude; you just look like a bum!"
It's pretty funny, and a pretty good rebuke of my old self, really, when I think about signs and the song, "Signs" in that context, now that you got me thinking about them.
Haha! I love that song. We almost learned that as a cover song in the band I used to play with. Actually, maybe we did and played only a couple times, I can't remember. Great commentary. Despite our best intentions, we all judge books — and people — by their covers somewhat. Pragmatism is very important to all animals. Yet we feel we're not mere animals and aspire to be something else — to all our atrocities and mistakes, our generosity and brilliance that make us human.