By Bill O'Reilly
"There is no doubt that some entertainment critics have glorified rap "artists" like Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ludacris. Twenty years ago, pro-drug, anti-woman, and pro-violence lyrics would not have been embraced by the mainstream media for fear of public backlash. But today, bring on perversity in the name of diversity. Anything goes."
Hmm Twenty years ago you say? So that would be 1987 right, the same year that Guns ~n~ Roses dropped Appetite For Destruction which went on to sell over twenty five million records. Sounds pretty mainstream to me.
Yeah good point O'Reilly. Feckin' Jackass!
Listen I'm not the biggest fan of rap music but lets not act as if any of this is new. Clapton sang about cocaine, Marley shot the sheriff, Sinatra objectified women with the best of them, that's why the lady is a tramp, and let us not forget the misogynistic masterpiece ManEater by perennial hitmakers Hall and Oates.... whoa oh here she comes.
I wont go so far as to say this call for decency is bigotry cloaked behind good intentions but it sure don't smell right.
Free speech is free speech is free speech and not a matter of convenience only when it suits ones personal tastes. I am almost certain that I would be offended by the music that O'Reilly listens to, doesnt mean I'm calling for a ban on Michael Bolton. Hey why should I change my name, he sucked first.
One man's brown sugar is another man's ho.
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not to mention that the rolling stones had sympathy for the devil, while showing not a whole lot of appreciation for *some* girls:
Some girls take my money
Some girls take my clothes
Some girls get the shirt off my back
And leave me with a lethal dose
I understand that many people find rap lyrics offensive, but censorship is not the answer.
I do agree algores better half with the labels for offensive language though.
"offensive" is a subjective term.
some people may find barry manilow "offensive" ... or hall and oates.
i think it's up to people to decide what is and is not offensive and just not buy it, watch it or read it if it offends them.
can it be more simple than that?
Dont be shy Anita, you can cite better lines from that song....
... and Rhino although a warning label seems harmless now, what the PMRC really wanted to accomplish was nothing short of censorship by a committe of bored housefraus.
"The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children, and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design. It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC's demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation" -- FZ
... and you watch your mouth what you say about H and O.
i happen to like H & O.
... we sat in an abandoned luncheonette ...
They have a ratings system for movies so that parents can be aware of what their kids are watching. I don't see a problem with having a rating system for music.
If parents don't care what their kids are listening to then it doesn't matter but if they do, they don't have to listen to snoop dogg to find out that he has offensive lyrics.
by the way, frank zappa sucks.
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