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Like Steve Taylor’s song “Baby Doe,”<\/a> the song “Lifeboat”<\/a> was written and performed in the 1980’s, and prophetically warns us about the direction our culture was headed. In the case of “Lifeboat” he calls out the warning about something that was being taught to many of our grade school children in public schools around the country, namely, values clarification.<\/p>\n It goes by other terms as well, such as situational ethics, or moral relativism. Such ideas are still being taught, but primarily at the college and university \u00a0level. The idea is to take something we all know to be wrong, and then put it in another context where it does not appear to be wrong at all. The exercise is supposed to teach us tolerance and respect for the values and practices of other people and cultures, and also to see that sometimes, bad thigns must be done for the good of everybody else.<\/p>\n But when taken to extreme, such ideas lead to disastrous results.<\/p>\n In “Lifeboat”\u00a0Steve Taylor uses the powerful prophetic tool of satire too point out the danger of values clarification.<\/p>\n Also, don’t forget that this song is from the 80’s, and the video quality reflect that. Furthermore, this is one of Steve Taylor’s “songs” that he speaks, rather than sings. It is a unique style, but helps make the point.<\/p>\n Oh, and doesn’t Steve look good in a dress?<\/p>\n