Kirosia
Headphoneus Supremus
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It took me I think nearly 7 yrs before getting a new computer, and I paid for half of that + all my headphone stuff by saving up, and using spare financial aid. Don't see how that makes me less. Some people save money for cars and child support, I use my money for other stuff. Would I be more credible if I smoked crack, riced my civic, and had a baby's mama?
I live in a tiny attic apt with my family, we rarely use the phone and don't spend too much on food, hence we can save for the stuff we really yearn for. My city is tame compared to other places, even though the surrounding cities do consider us ghetto trash.
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Yeah, it is usually the parent's fault, but like you said, often they have a lot of negative influences to deal with. (course some don't give a s**t, and thus psychos are born)
Why do we single out rap and not others? How often do classical, jazz, or techno fans go out and cause trouble? Not much. Did beethoven or sinatra spout hatred for all to hear? I don't think they did. You guys need to see firsthand how rap affects the people around you. I've yet to see a backstreet boys fan threaten to knife me and steal my pumas, or slpa their girlfriend aorund and call her a ho in public. I'm not using it (both rap & the media) as a scapecoat, but it does play an important role, and that's what matters. So I don't agree that it's silly to single rap out. The same could be said about the violent forms of rock. There's no point in me arguing anymore, only those who had deal to with the negatives of this stuff understand, and that's a lot more people than most think. I could survey 20 guys in my area (incl myself) and I'd probably get quite a few reasons why hate-mongering music/media isn't a good thing.
You have no idea how many people from the opposite end of the tracks tell us that we're "wrong" about stuff, even though we lived through the s**t, and they see it on tv and read it in books.
(OT and not pointed at anyone in this thread, but I've met so many people who've never been through what others have yet seem fit to judge them adamantly, or give an in their eyes "perfect" solution to an important problem they've never come across. Asianphiles and idiots mainly.)
And for those who listen to that type of rap/rock but know enough not to take it seriously, power to you. Just don't pay for it or support them. har har
Originally Posted by Rempert I didn't know that computers and HD650 were standard equipment for living in ghettos. |
It took me I think nearly 7 yrs before getting a new computer, and I paid for half of that + all my headphone stuff by saving up, and using spare financial aid. Don't see how that makes me less. Some people save money for cars and child support, I use my money for other stuff. Would I be more credible if I smoked crack, riced my civic, and had a baby's mama?
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If a 6 year-old kid is listening to rap or rock or any other kind of music, and the parents aren't picking and screening the songs, that's a problem. It's poor parenting. Parents have to constantly deal with negative media influences like Elvis, Dungeons and Dragons, Led Zepelin, Bart Simpson, Clint Eastwood, Madonna, Grand Theft Auto, Nightmare on Elm Street, Johnny Cash, Britney Spears... Maybe the media has gotten worse over time; I don't know. It's silly to single out rap music, in any case. The ghettos don't exist because of gangsta rap; gangsta rap exists because of the ghettos. |
Yeah, it is usually the parent's fault, but like you said, often they have a lot of negative influences to deal with. (course some don't give a s**t, and thus psychos are born)
Why do we single out rap and not others? How often do classical, jazz, or techno fans go out and cause trouble? Not much. Did beethoven or sinatra spout hatred for all to hear? I don't think they did. You guys need to see firsthand how rap affects the people around you. I've yet to see a backstreet boys fan threaten to knife me and steal my pumas, or slpa their girlfriend aorund and call her a ho in public. I'm not using it (both rap & the media) as a scapecoat, but it does play an important role, and that's what matters. So I don't agree that it's silly to single rap out. The same could be said about the violent forms of rock. There's no point in me arguing anymore, only those who had deal to with the negatives of this stuff understand, and that's a lot more people than most think. I could survey 20 guys in my area (incl myself) and I'd probably get quite a few reasons why hate-mongering music/media isn't a good thing.
You have no idea how many people from the opposite end of the tracks tell us that we're "wrong" about stuff, even though we lived through the s**t, and they see it on tv and read it in books.
(OT and not pointed at anyone in this thread, but I've met so many people who've never been through what others have yet seem fit to judge them adamantly, or give an in their eyes "perfect" solution to an important problem they've never come across. Asianphiles and idiots mainly.)
And for those who listen to that type of rap/rock but know enough not to take it seriously, power to you. Just don't pay for it or support them. har har