| re: What's black and white and goes to bed hungry? | |
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Rob 05:09 pm UTC 01/27/08 |
| In reply to: | re: What's black and white and goes to bed hungry? - Jsteinfan 02:07 pm UTC 01/27/08 |
| > Hi Bpmoldy! > > I usually agree that the negativity from pudding and smeg > towards Jim can kill the mood around here. However, in > this case i think we as a society are becoming overly > sensitivity to issues. The real kicker is that i believe > the only thing driving this is that certian groups are > trying to rewrite our social conscious, and now we are > afraid to joke and point out the obvious because someone > somewhere will object to it. When we become forced to > take ourselves (our lives and actions) too seriously i > think it is a serious sign that the Apocalypse is near! > > -Justin > Urging those with testicles to stand up! > Hiya Justin. I'm totally with you on the whole Politically Correct business of rewriting our beliefs and values in line with some sort of sanitised version of the world, and I totally agree it should be resisted wherever possible. However, when you belong to a community (such as the Rockman) where the whole reason for it's existence is to celebrate a common interest in and enjoyment of Jim Steinman's music, then I don't really see why you would want to go out of your way to try to antagonise other members of that community. That isn't being anti-PC, it's just plain rude and unpleasant in anyone's language. Some of the comments in the Heath Ledger thread below clearly upset some posters - fair enough, the point was made, people's opinions differed, everyone had their say. Why then start a deliberately provocative thread like this one, other than to stir things up again? Makes me wonder what some people want the Rockman to be like - a welcoming place for all of the many, varied weirdos who love Jim's music, or a smug little clique for a small selection of egos who have been around here the longest and so assume that they own the place... Oh, and the joke WAS funny the first time I heard it, back when Elvis died. | |
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