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To: prman
Damn straight vulgar rap music should be banned. As should pornography, and all other kinds of sex-and-violence-dripping crap.
11 posted on 02/12/2003 8:38:45 AM PST by HumanaeVitae (If Eminem's music is not crap, then the term 'crap' has no meaning.)
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To: HumanaeVitae
Damn straight vulgar rap music should be banned. As should pornography, and all other kinds of sex-and-violence-dripping crap.

Nice piroette onto the slippery slope there. Just realize it's a lot harder to get off said slope than it was to get on it.

13 posted on 02/12/2003 8:43:14 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: HumanaeVitae
...all other kinds of sex-and-violence-dripping crap.

In a way, we need to be careful about this. Rap, as it stands now, is less a testament of the streets than a money-making machine. Musically, there is no merit, but early on, the poetry was at least worth a read. It was kind of depressing.

If you're going to start banning absolutely everything presenting gratuitous sex and violence, some of the most stunning music ever written would be included, since those are two of the main themes in opera. The Prima Dona roles of La Boheme, Carmen, La Traviata, Tosca, among others are women with loose morals. The music is unparalleled, but the plots are all about sex and using other people. I won't get into Le Nozze di Figaro. It's my favorite and the plot is all about sex.

Where does the censorship stop?
17 posted on 02/12/2003 8:54:41 AM PST by Desdemona (my namesake is one of the only Prima Dona roles without fault. And one with a tough aria.)
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To: HumanaeVitae
"Damn straight vulgar rap music should be banned. As should pornography, and all other kinds of sex-and-violence-dripping crap."

OR at the least the venue ought to regulated where all this sh*t isn't one-click-away accessible or foisted upon the masses as "art," for the consumption of all -- regardless of age.

24 posted on 02/12/2003 9:29:28 AM PST by F16Fighter (The Democrats --The Party of Marxists, moral relativists and political eunuchs)
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