Re: there have to be some standards set
U2girl said:
Well, it needs to be established what is appropriate, what is less appropriate and what is not acceptable in general.
And that's where the problem comes in-everyone has their own idea of what speech is appropriate and not appropriate.
What offends one person won't offend another-that's what people in this country need to realize.
Originally posted by U2girl
*edit* of course people can/will still choose what to use, but if they go with something that is publicly not acceptable, they need to face whatever comes out of it.
That makes sense.
Originally posted by Hewson
Regardless of your opinion of the man, one (especially in the public eye) should show some respect for the position of President.
Like Hallejuah said, the Dixie Chicks probably think that Bush isn't worthy of the position of president.
I think they do have respect for the position, they just don't agree with who was put there.
And in that respect, I'm with them.
Originally posted by Lemonite
I find it interesting that people who are Cheering the Dixie Chicks right for Free speech are condemning the right of the listening public.. hence the 'payers' for the advertising public for radio stations.. for their expression of free speech in the prevention of the Dixie Chicks music. The hypocrisy is quite telling.
We're not saying the listening public can't express their disagreement with the Dixie Chicks' views. If they want to call in and complain and vent about what they said, fine, they can go right ahead and do that. In fact, if the deejays at the station wanted to have a call in where people could call and either vent about or defend what the Dixie Chicks said, that'd be great. Get everyone's views out there.
But where do people get off refusing to play their music on their station simply because a group of people disagree with their views? It's not fair to those who
do like the Dixie Chicks' music and who
do agree with their views and who
do want to listen to them on the radio.
It works both ways, of course-if a station run by anti-war people refused to play any music from bands that are pro-war because they disagree with their views, that's wrong, too-it's not fair to pro-war people who listen to the station, because they wouldn't get to hear their favorite bands' music.
If people were really, truly bothered by what the Dixie Chicks said, so much to the point that they didn't want to listen to them anymore, you know, there
is a dial on their radios that can allow them to change the station anytime the Dixie Chicks' music came on. That way, they don't have to listen to the music if they don't want to, and the people who do want to listen to the music can. And everyone's happy.
And you want to talk about hypocrisy-okay, how much you wanna bet that the same people that found what the Dixie Chicks said so offensive that they wanted the Dixie Chicks to not be played on the radio anymore would throw a hissy fit if the situation were reversed and
they were the ones getting censored?
Now who would be the hypocrites?
Angela