According to modern day sensibilities everyone's dad in human history was a date rapist because I guarantee alcoholic, drugs or some other form of persuasion was part of the courting process.
People hear what they want to hear. If you believe the lyric "Hey, what's in this drink?" means it's been spiked with a knock-out drug then, by golly, that's what it means. I didn't interpret it that way. Lighten up, Francis.
I read about this on BBC earlier. I was just in a store and heard a contemporary version on their store radio, so it's not banned by everyone.
No, but anyone banning anything verbal is crazy, and it's happening more and more frequently, all over the place....
Would you rather have it considered the equivalent of swearing so it's actually prohibited? And stations would be fined for playing it? Even in a libertarian society where anything goes, the choice to not play it is perfectly acceptable (and this is one station out of 1000's). And on that tangent about not swearing, it is considered a "family friendly" option rather than a crime against free speech to offer listeners.
I read about this on BBC earlier. I was just in a store and heard a contemporary version on their store radio, so it's not banned by everyone.
No, but anyone banning anything verbal is crazy, and it's happening more and more frequently, all over the place....
Would you rather have it considered the equivalent of swearing so it's actually prohibited? And stations would be fined for playing it? Even in a libertarian society where anything goes, the choice to not play it is be perfectly acceptable. The "family friendly" channel.
People hear what they want to hear. If you believe the lyric "Hey, what's in this drink?" means it's been spiked with a knock-out drug then, by golly, that's what it means. I didn't interpret it that way. Lighten up, Francis.
Rudolph with your nose so bright, what you been smoking tonight?
Rudolph with your nose so bright, what you been smoking tonight?
There's also a movement to ban "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because it promotes bullying. (Rudolph is made fun of by all the other reindeer calling him names.) Even worse, after being bullied, the bullies are rewarded, as he agrees to guide the sleigh.
Rudolph with your nose so bright, what you been smoking tonight?
There's also a movement to ban "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because it promotes bullying. (Rudolph is made fun of by all the other reindeer calling him names.) Even worse, after being bullied, the bullies are rewarded, as he agrees to guide the sleigh.
Rudolph with your nose so bright, what you been smoking tonight?
There's also a movement to ban "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because it promotes bullying. (Rudolph is made fun of by all the other reindeer calling him names.) Even worse, after being bullied, the bullies are rewarded, as he agrees to guide the sleigh.
Including Santa who was a total dick!
There's an abstract joke summing up that Santa basically exploits Rudolf's freakness. But I dont think we who live in reality see the message that bullies should be rewarded - we hold grudges too long. Although in real life, bullies are rewarded.
Don't we have anything better to do than talk about this? Being Saturday night, I'd go out but baby it's cold outside.
Rudolph with your nose so bright, what you been smoking tonight?
There's also a movement to ban "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because it promotes bullying. (Rudolph is made fun of by all the other reindeer calling him names.) Even worse, after being bullied, the bullies are rewarded, as he agrees to guide the sleigh.
Including Santa who was a total dick!
There's an abstract joke summing up that Santa basically exploits Rudolf's freakness. But I dont think we who live in reality see the message that bullies should be rewarded - we hold grudges too long. Although in real life, bullies are rewarded.
Don't we have anything better to do than talk about this? Being Saturday night, I'd go out but baby it's cold outside.
I don't think it rewards bullying. Instead it teaches kids life isn't fair and sometimes you have to prove yourself in a cruel world. Rudolph did that multiple times and of course he also learned to accept who he was.
If you don't want to discuss this any further, please exit to your right.
This "fiasco" reminds me of a time I was at physical therapy after back surgery and “Every Breath You Take” by the Police came on the radio. I commented that I enjoyed this tune and my physical therapist went on a rant about how the song was about “glorifying a stalker.” I snickered until I realized he was deadly serious—and worried about ending up in a wheelchair!
