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==Meaning==
In the March 1996 issue of ''Spin Magazine''[https://www.theninhotline.com/archives/articles/display/625], [[Trent Reznor]] said the following about this song:
<blockquote>The record was nearing completion. I had written those lyrics pretty quickly and I didn't know if I was going to use them or not. To me, ''Downward Spiral'' builds to a certain degree of madness, then it changes. That would be the last stage of delirium. So the original point of "Big Man With A Gun" was madness. But it was also making fun of the whole misogynistic gangsta-rap bulls**t. ... I listen to a lot of it, and I enjoy it. But I could do without the degree of misogny and hatred of women and abuse. Then, my song got misinterpreted as exactly that. It was probably a lack of being able to write. I've been taken out of context, and it's ridiculous.</blockquote>
==External Links==
*[httphttps://www.theninhotline.netcom/archives/articles/xint8a.shtml display/625 "Sympathy for the Devil"] interview in Spin Magazine, March 1996
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