China bans hip-hop & tattoos from media

Tadashi · 31-01-2018, 09:52 PM

i only listen to real music

Mefisto · 31-01-2018, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by Grumbler:

nevermind...

Exactamundo! The key to peaceful coexistence within humanity encapsulated in a single zen-ish word.

Nevermind.

Live and let live.

The age-old (moral/political) authoritarian approach has been tried and found crushing too many innocent bystanders and, equally importantly, crushing free will and whatever the trial-and-error ways of humanity have mustered to get us this far.

And for the record (no pun intended), I'm not a fan of hip-hop nor various other inane and often hedonistic forms of entertainment, but if they rock somebody's world so be it. As long as it's NIMBY, literally that is!

civil_servant · 31-01-2018, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by East_coast:

Luckily I never hear any.

Only when a non-patriot goes and posts it on Geoexpat- will they admit their wrong doing?

https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread...ml#post3473232

https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread...ml#post3454538

Oh look. I have a fan. Do I keep you up at night?

HK_Katherine · 31-01-2018, 10:41 PM

So - it's ok to punish hate speech when its spoken or shouted in a KKK march, but if you add a musical background then it becomes art and we should all defend it?

mrdollars · 31-01-2018, 11:42 PM

I guess I'm the only one here that loves hip hop and tattoos!

https://youtu.be/M-YX4Mrt1tc

Anyhoo, whatever your tastes, surely folks can see this for what it is? Big Brother fears the youth, they fear anything that could develop into a counter culture, or promote rebelliousness or subversion.

Eddy Mundo · 01-02-2018, 02:07 AM

Some Chinese rapper should make a Chinese version of this.

East_coast · 01-02-2018, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by civil_servant:

Oh look. I have a fan. Do I keep you up at night?

Not really. You just posted your liking of a music genre that is now not approved by the CCP. How does that make you feel?

East_coast · 01-02-2018, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:

So - it's ok to punish hate speech when its spoken or shouted in a KKK march, but if you add a musical background then it becomes art and we should all defend it?

I would say it depends on the purpose. If it is to incite hate or crimes then it should be banned. If it is to entertain then it is fair game.

What about all the artists that ply their trade focusing on the sad and depressed - should they be banned?

50 Songs About Depression - NME

TheBrit · 01-02-2018, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:

So - it's ok to punish hate speech when its spoken or shouted in a KKK march, but if you add a musical background then it becomes art and we should all defend it?

That's like saying someone painted a pornographic picture, so let's ban painting.