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| From | KarenSH@webtv.net (Karen Hoskins) |
| Subject | Re: artists and protest (was dixie chicks axis of evil blah blah) |
| Date | Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:47:06 -0800 (PST) |
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It is only a form of censporship if said Dixie Chick was forbidden from
speaking. Just as she has the right to speak as she wishes, her record
buyers have the right not to buy her records for whatever reason. Or are
we now forced to listen music we don't care to in order to protect her
rights?
Do you think she apologized for any other reason other than being afraid
she'd ticked off her C&W audience and would lose money in record sales?
Her sincerity of her original comments were trampled by the phony
sincerity of her apology. If she realy believed in what she said she
never would have taken it back.
Karen
Road Angel wrote:
I congratulate the female country stars who are willing to stand up for
their beliefs. I'm just sorry that conservatives cannot understand that
dissent is one of the things that makes America great. "The land of the
FREE," anyone? And whether you like to admit it or not, when a person
chooses to express him- or herself, and then his or her livlihood is
threatened because of his or her expression of that belief, that IS a
form of censorship.
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