Originally posted by kirksey957Sounds truly dreadful, Reverend, like Salem way back when -- but you didn't answer my question. What's the supreme culture?
OK, forget Saudi Arabia. A culture that doesn't allow women to drive. A culture that amputates limbs for petty offenses. A culture that executes homosexuals. A culture that has slavery as part of its economic system. A culture that doesn't allow freedom of expression and interprets some expressions of freedom as witchcraft resulting in beheading. Better?
Originally posted by Bosse de NageLet me think on it today. I have to go out of town and it will give me some time to think about it. I agree that Salem was terrible. Share your thoughts as well.
Sounds truly dreadful, Reverend, like Salem way back when -- but you didn't answer my question. What's the supreme culture?
Originally posted by SeitseSomeone else brought gangsta rap into the thread. I was just comparing what someone else brought up.
Kirk, what do you want to achieve by the comparison?
Nobody cares about Saudi Arabia in this thread. It is far more interesting to see how you defend the gangsta rap subculture, without comparing it to anything; just analyzing it by its own characteristics and merits.
Originally posted by SeitseI'm on my way out the door and want to give this a good response, but will do that later today. Let me preface what I will say by saying that water is good to a person who is thirsty, but one can also drown in it. I'll get back with you.
Ok, fair enough. But let's make it interesting, then.
What do you think about gangsta rap and its contribution to the improvement of youth?
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Originally posted by SeitseOK, this should be an interesting topic. I got to thinking today about popular music and most on the site would agree that it is pretty dismal. I know you want to talk about gangsta rap, but I'd like to talk a little about another form of popular music today. Country music. Why does no one condemn the lyrics of country music which promote violence ("I'll stick a boot up your ass. It's the American way."😉 or videos that put women in roles of sex objects? Has not country music, for the most part, become about big titties, America, love it or leave it, and helpless men who can't live without a big-tittied woman? (Moderators, I'm using this language for effect. The video listed below, demonstrates the violent lyrics of the white man and the "gang reaction" to those lyrics. He just happens to be white).
Ok, fair enough. But let's make it interesting, then.
What do you think about gangsta rap and its contribution to the improvement of youth?
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Gangsta rap, for all it's flaws today, became a vehicle for young disenfranchized black youth to vent their anger and feel empowered. Like country music, not all of it is bad. The worst part of music today is that it gets people to identify with images they see of the music instead of practicing music.