A Bob Dylan Contradiction

"You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world."
- Bob Dylan (Masters of War)

If Mr Dylan was so fearful about bringing children into the world,
why did he pro create three boys and also three girls?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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July 27, 2018 at 12:32 PM
Maybe that was just a by product of what he was actually seeking. Dylan is though, to your point, a complete walking contradiction!! Yet, I love his brilliant lyrics!
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July 27, 2018 at 7:36 PM
He was definetly ahead of his time and a great poet, plus he was just a kid when he wrote Masters of War. No one truly has their head together at that age.
Blown Avatar
July 26, 2018 at 7:50 PM
sorry...the contradiction seems yours...
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July 27, 2018 at 1:25 AM
Sorry, I can't do anything with that unless you explain yourself. He said one thing and did the opposite thing, and therein lies the contradiction. No child born today will die in a free society, due to everyone's ignorance and complacency. That is what I see and have come to believe, and that's why I have never pro created anybody. Unlike Mr Zimmerman, I practice what I preach, because I truly believe all that I speak, and I won't string along empty words that I do not believe, for any amount of money, or to increase my popularity. I believe that the dictionary defines that kind of behavior as hypocrisy.
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