The importance of music

Perhaps I'm a bit different from the typical music listener, because I have favorites from many genres…country & western, blue-grass, classical, pop, jazz or blues. I especially like Russian and Chinese music, as well as other traditional music from just about anywhere in the world. Given all the stress and strain we have today throughout the globe, wouldn't it be nice if we could just sit down together and enjoy each other's music, instead of having so many differences of opinion about which form of government is best? Yea I know, a simplistic and irrational view of things, but still it seems like a nice scenario to dream about…while listening to a favorite tune on your iPod.