Date: 6/18/2002 12:03:00 PM From Authorid: 8184 I'm with Otter2. It's so easy for someone to blame music as the place where some violence started.
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It's also way more easier to blame 50 Cent and other 'hard-core' rappers for youth gun violence than it is to look at the bigger issues, say authors Rodrigo Bascuñán ... "The simple fact is that the majority of the interviews that we've done so far have focused on rap music instead of the first whole section of the book --
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According to Leland it is short sighted to hang the blame of urban violence on rap music. The problem of urban violence is much bigger than rap.(61) Many rappers come from poor, low income areas in the nation. This is an issue alone that must be addressed.
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Hip Hop and Rap Music question: Why does society blame gang violence on violent rap lyrics and video games? Because most of the people either. A.) Do not like either rap or video games. or B.) Are bad ... Discuss the question "Why does society blame gang violence on violent rap lyrics and video games?"
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I personally blame classical music for gang violence... have you ever heard that shit? It would make me want to shoot people with the wrong color cloths on too... ... and Smash Mouth doesn't prosper over acts of violence and murder against other people. This isn't an issue of what music I like and what music you like,
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What are county leaders to do but blame violent rap lyrics and video games? ... You have to be kidding me, are we so ignorant to think that this is what is causing gang violence, rap music and video games are all reflective of a society we live in, removing these games and music is not going to help.
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You Are Here: Fan Forum > General Discussion > News & Politics > Is TV, music, or videogames the blame for suicide and violence? ... Do you think that TV, music or video games is the blame or holds an responsibility to today's common teenagers committing suicide or committing acts of violence such as school shootings?
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Sure, we could blame TV/music/videogames for violence, but that wouldn't stop it. The real people who are to blame are the parents who were responsible for the girl and who shouldn't have let her listen to music that she wouldn't be so greatly influenced by.
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Please don't allow the title to make you get it twisted, the full title is RBG Hip Hop/Conscious Rap Music Wikizine. Anyone who has a ... Hip Hop Profanity, Misogyny and Violence: ; Blame the Manufacturer; by BAR Executive editor Glen Ford; (Image Embellishment by RBG Street Scholar for teaching / learning purposes);
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“Teens who are said to commit suicide or acts of violence as a result of a song they listened to do not do these things as a result of the music,” Gross says. “These types of behaviors stem from a much deeper problem and should be addressed as such -- not as a result or influence of a song and its lyrics.”...
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