Dick Clark always had a "rate the record" for his Bandstand show. If this show was still on, the younger kids would probably rate Jeff Webb's rap tune "keepin' free speech real" as having a good beat but you can't dance to it. I'm sure they would all agree though the contents of Mr. Webb's lyrics were based on sound content and should be shouted from the roof tops.
No one should agree with the arrest and over night conviction of Christopher Holder for singing rap music in public while listening to his Ipod. Yes, he was crude and insensitive to the needs of a young mother's children in ear shot but who will be next on the hit list to have their free speech curbed by some one that is offended in public? Will it be the self-proclaimed preachers on the street corner or the anti-war protesters voicing their opinions? Free speech is based on the very foundation of this country.
The only judge and jury to carry out a sentence on this young man should have been his own mother using a bar of soap to clean up the filthy language, not a deputy who took it upon himself to determine what free speech would be allowed in public. As for Jeff Webb's clever column to get his point across to the public on the preservation of free speech, I say well done! Please, Jeff, don't quit your day job cause I don't think the young rap market is ready for you yet.
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I agree with you that he should not have been arrested and confined overnight, but on the other hand you stated that his mother should have been his judge and jury. That may be true today but only because of the drop in testosterone levels in men today. He should have been slapped upside his head by a real man for using filthy language in front of mothers and children. Shame on men today.
I agree with you that he should not have been arrested and confined overnight, but on the other hand you stated that his mother should have been his judge and jury. That may be true today but only because of the drop in testosterone levels in men today. He should have been slapped upside his head by a real man for using filthy language in front of mothers and children. Shame on men today.
Thanks, ALC, for your support of the First Amendment that keeps us all free. I wish your favored presidential candidate had the same respect for its principles.
Ooops...I see you are not much of a McCain supporter, so just delete my comment about your "favored" candidate, or at least the last sentence. Haven't been here much lately and should have read more of your thoughts before posting. Sorry.
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