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SDR
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 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject: "The Talking Disease" |
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Now, (trying to be a "Uniter rather than a Divider") what is it that
1) "on-camera" members of The Media, 2) Preachers, and 3) Politicians
have in common, behaviorally?
They have the ability to talk for extended periods of time (as necessity and time allow) on a given subject. Some are able to go on almost indefinitely.
Who ARE these people. . .? |
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Donald
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The most obvious one is the politically motivated, media-monger, Reverend Al Sharpton  |
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Donald
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Did I hear this right, and is Al Sharpton really admitting now that the so-called Hip Hop Culture has a legacy of violence? Now how long have you been hearing this? You may not like country music, bt at least you don't see country music camps shooting it out with one another ... and believe me, those guys have guns. Just look in those racks on their pickups!
Well, Al Sharpton has it right. The Hip Hop culture is a culture of violence. It's a culture of violence, anti-achievement, disrespect of women and predatory sex. But the solution is not, as Reverend Al suggests, banning "artists" from the airwaves who use or glorify violence to settle their petty disputes. Sharpton actually has a point here. If you're a basketball player who gets into a fight with fans, you could be suspended from play in the next few games. Why not some suspension from airplay for rappers who actually engage in violence as part of their act? This might be a good idea, but only if it's an action voluntarily undertaken by the hip-hop producers/owners -- not by the government. |
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Kevin
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Greatest Hits: Domestic Violence in American Country Music
[pdf] http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/82/ORE404.pdf
What one sees may depend somewhat on what one looks for...
Last edited by Kevin on Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:38 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Donald
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | You may not like country music, but at least you don't see country music camps shooting it out with one another ... and believe me, those guys have guns. Just look in those racks on their pickups!
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Of course its with any type of music...but its the actions, not the meaning from the lyrics....thats the underlying point. Why not some suspension from airplay for any music artist who actually engage in violence as part of their act? This might be a good idea, but only if it's an action voluntarily undertaken by the performers/producers/owners -- not by the government, is the point made. |
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SDR
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Why? Isn't public protection -- policing -- an accepted function of government?
What music performance groups "actually engage in violence as part of their act"? That would be actual physical harm, right? Real blood? What are you talking about?
I absolutely do not condone the celebration of violence, misogyny, etc as it appears in many forms of public and private entertainment today. But exaggeration of the facts (once again) will not pursuade the informed. . .
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