[kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

[Alexander Smith]

"Sport doesnt preach violence and hate, like music does "

The fuck it doesn't.


Alex in NYC

On Oct 5, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Flight Bringer wrote:


> Well Oliver , some untoward things do happen in sport, although you  

> cannot realistically say that the OJ murder was sports related ,  

> the reason why Rap music gets such attention is because of the  

> lyrics and what the lyrics portray.

>    Sport doesn't send a violent message out , Sport doesn't glorify  

> drive by shootings and the sexual abuse of Females. Rap music gets  

> the attention because of the messages that it sends out to  

> vulnerable and impressionable young men .

>     Sport doesnt preach violence and hate, like music does . That's  

> why music is put under scrutiny and sport isn't

>

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> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 13:24:44 -0500

> > From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Celtic fan vs Dida attack

> >

> > Well, the thing that gets me is that violence associated w/  

> sports --

> > and there's TONS of it, along with drugs and other shady stuff -- is

> > generally given a wide allowance in the culture. Like the dude who

> > almost got his balls ripped off because he was wearing a Texas  

> Longhorns

> > shirt -- if that had happened at a punk show, there is a greater

> > possibility there'd be talk show specials, nightly news scare  

> reports,

> > etc., about this dangerous music that all the kids are into now.  

> WATCH

> > OUT PARENTS!

> >

> > But ripping off genitals, dog fighting, drug abuse (steroids),  

> biting

> > someone's ear off (Tyson) and the like, or even murder (OJ  

> Simpson) in

> > sports, do not seem to cause a stigma to be as readily affixed to  

> it as

> > it would be to rock, or especially rap.

> >

> > -Oliver

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

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