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- From: aa593@Freenet.carleton.ca (Iain Pidcock)
- Subject: Re: Rap music
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.145221.10183@freenet.carleton.ca>
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- Reply-To: aa593@Freenet.carleton.ca (Iain Pidcock)
- Organization: The National Capital Freenet
- References: <1993Jan26.073913.19235@mel.dit.csiro.au> <1993Jan25.041320.1303@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:52:21 GMT
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- In a previous article, brian@mel.dit.csiro.au (Brian May) says:
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- >In article <1993Jan25.041320.1303@freenet.carleton.ca>, aa593@Freenet.carleton.ca (Iain Pidcock) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Oh oh. Misunderstood again. Please, no one is suggesting
- >|> banning anything. I am the last person to suggest censorship
- >|> and such like. I just thought that it would be useful if
- >|> people stopped to think about what they are listening to.
- >
- >If you hadn't had made such cut-and-dried statements in the beginning
- >(more 'research' perhaps) you wouldn't have been interpreted so.
- >
- >I agree with your last sentance wholeheartedly. What people need
- >is the ability to think for themselves, not mass xenophobia.
- >
- >Also, think about why Ice T wrote "Cop Killer". I'm not condoning
- >the song - just asking you to think about it. I think that the end
- >product of the song diverted all attention from the issue it _should_
- >have addressed (IMHO) and onto Mr T.
- >
- >brian
- >--
- >| Brian.May@mel.dit.csiro.au | Open Systems Program |
- >| CSIRO/DIT, 723 Swanston st | TEL +61 3 282 2613 -- FAX +61 3 282 2600 |
- >|Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia| Experimental Scientist |
- >
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- I've thought about it, and without getting inside his head
- I think he wrote it to make a buck.(most likely several of
- them). I still think Ice-T is a scum bag. Can't change my
- mind on that. Perhaps more research is necessary...:-)
- Iain
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- Iain Pidcock - Carleton University Student, Ottawa Canada
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- For the future we look to the stars, they look back and laugh
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