Brett Barabash
BBarabash at TappeConstruction.com
Tue Sep 23 15:48:45 CDT 2003
>I don't condone what Weird Al has done and sometimes I find it very >questionable the way he chooses to entertain or the words he chooses to >include in his songs. But some people will do anything to entertain. Exactly what has Wierd Al done that you do not "condone"? He takes popular songs and adds humorous lyrics. And he certainly didn't write the song that you are talking about. Looking through his catalog, I'm trying to find something racially or morally offensive. Sorry, I'm drawing a blank here. Can you help me out? Comparing him to TOM GREEN?! Now, I find THAT offensive... (I know that this is off-topic, but it really bothers me when someone takes a shot at a fairly clean-cut entertainer and lumps him in with trash like Tom Green. This will be the end of the discussion for me). -----Original Message----- From: Billy Pang [mailto:tuxedo_man at hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:28 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Cc: tuxedo_man at hotmail.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday humor Steven: Nothing legitimizes Weird Al or anyone for incorporating lyrics that promote negative racial stereotypes. >From my perspective, Weird Al is an entertainer and his goal is to entertain so I don't think his true intention was to promote negative stereotypes. However, if the artist is anonymous, you don't know what his intensions are. So the question is, should DatabaseAdvisors allow FridayHumor emails that contain content where racism was the true intent of the original author (Weird Al or anonymous)? Naturally, this leads to the next question: so, should we be culturally sensitive or insensitive? I don't condone what Weird Al has done and sometimes I find it very questionable the way he chooses to entertain or the words he chooses to include in his songs. But some people will do anything to entertain. Shock-comic Tom Green is another example. If you know who he is, you may find his stunts are disgusting and tasteless but he does it for the shock value. He's performed groteseque stunts like drinking milk straight from a cow or played with dead-animal road kills solely to get TV ratings for his show or promote his image. This stuff does not belong anywhere on TV, radio or any media but what can you do? If you are going to make fun of cats, why do you have to include a restaurant in it and why does that restaurant have to be Chinese? Sometimes it's difficult to get insensitive about this but you always have to stand up for what you believe in. Hope that clears things up. Database advisors is a fine database community populated with generous people who are understanding, helpful and noble. I've been on this list for many years and I have learned a great deal from many of you and I hope that this list will contine to be successful and thrive. Kindest regards, Billy >From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday humor >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:34:13 -0500 > >Billy, > > >> But if that song was done by someone else other than Weird Al, some >people >may find that song offensive as it promotes a negative stereotype towards >Chinese. << > >Why would it make a difference if the song was done by someone other than >Weird Al? It wasn't, by the way; but what legitimizes Weird Al as opposed >to >somebody with too much time on their hands? > >Regards, > >Steve Erbach >Scientific Marketing >Neenah, WI > >"I think we should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael >Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it." - Dennis Miller > > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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