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Re: Country Music
Music tends to reflect culture as much as it influences it. I'd venture to say those statistics weren't checked out against other factors, such as marital status, income, etc. I wonder if the neighbourhoods who listened to country music were more affluent or poorer? Or middle class?
Stats are often slanted toward the outcome the statistician wants to project. It's like saying that bars with urinals tend to sell more drinks. It's probably more coincidence than fact. Which came first? The chicken or the egg? The suicidal tendency or the affinity for sad songs?
BUT: I will agree that music has influence.  ...just not sure that I think suicides and alcoholism can be directly related to a certain genre.
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