Is an artist expressing his views so wrong?

[RedPickle]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=3&u=/nm/20040711/en_nm/music_jadakiss_dc

 

[her209]

P&N

 

[Anubis]

who cares

RAP is NOT art btw

 

[vi edit]

You can say whatever you want. Just don't piss and moan when people choose not to play/listen/buy your stuff.

Case in point: Dixie Chicks.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Anubis
who cares

RAP is NOT art btw

Neither is photography, then.



Don't be ridiculous.

<--- doesen't like rap

 

[0roo0roo]

not everyone can gain credibility by hosting shows like inside edition like oreily

 

[notfred]

Apparently so. Didn't you hear the whole Howard Stern thing? Or the superbowl thing? IMO, the FCC can go fvck themselves.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Anubis
who cares

RAP is NOT art btw

Neither is photography, then.



Don't be ridiculous.

<--- doesen't like rap

scarcasm meter broken again dude

 

[silverpig]

Depends.

Some rap guy criticizing Bush - fine in my books. Just free speech really.

Some psycho neo-nazi dude putting up a mural entitled "Kill all the n!ggers and jews!!!" with some artwork depicting such is definitely out of line.

 

[UglyCasanova]

"Why did Bush knock down the Towers?"

Word. Jadakiss 4 prez.

"Somebody has to take the forefront and sacrifice," he adds. "That's what I do -- I sacrifice myself."

Wow, and so noble.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Anubis
who cares
RAP is NOT art btw

You are obviously a closed minded redneck... yay for you.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: edro13

Originally posted by: Anubis
who cares
RAP is NOT art btw

You are obviously a closed minded redneck... yay for you.

So, people who oppose rap music are rednecks?

 

[sonambulo]

remember this?

freedom of speech is a double edged sword

 

[brunswickite]

yea i hate bush, but what Jadakiss said was stupid

 

[SplinterDB]

fREEDOM OF SPEECH ALSO ENTAILS THAT YOU EXCEPT RESPONIBILITY FOR YOUR VIEWS. iN A LOT OF CASES THEY HAVE A BIG FREE PODIUM, ARE THEY ABUSING THE PRIVELIGE.?

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Depends.

Some rap guy criticizing Bush - fine in my books. Just free speech really.

Some psycho neo-nazi dude putting up a mural entitled "Kill all the n!ggers and jews!!!" with some artwork depicting such is definitely out of line.

Where do you draw the line and why? Are not the neo-nazi's exercising their freedom of speech?

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: Anubis
who cares

RAP is NOT art btw

Amen to that.

 

[SplinterDB]

here the Aryan nations got torn down by the court system because their beliefs infringed on anothers rights. That is the line that is drawn.

 

[Gurck]

song questions President Bush (news - web sites)'s involvement in the events of Sept. 11, 2001, with the lyric "Why did Bush knock down the Towers?"

Ok, I hate Bush too.. but how exactly did he knock down the WTC? IIRC it was a bunch of fanatical &amp; moronic Arabs. Rap is art, but too often the artists and listeners are idiots, tarnishing what few diamonds in the rough there are.

 

[Jeff7181]

Is an artist expressing his views so wrong?

Not at all... no matter how ignorant and stupid they are.

 

[Queasy]

What a maroon. He has right to free speech as I have mine. And with my free speech I'm calling him a maroon.

Businesses have a right not to play his cRap either. It's only censorship if there is gov't involvement.

Here's my favorite part though:

"That's why I put it in there like that. A lot of my people felt that he had something to do with it."

Who are 'your' people? And why do you hang around with such maroons?

You know, I don't like everything that Bush does (mostly domestic) and I didn't care for Clinton but I don't think either man would do something as despicable as having airliners flown into the twin towers. The only people who have shown that kind of disregard for life are the islamic jihadist terrorists that sully the face of this earth.

 

[Gurck]

I wouldn't say he's a maroon, more of a crimson~

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Is an artist expressing his views so wrong?

Not at all... no matter how ignorant and stupid they are.