http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5415666.stm
Is it freedom if you sing against Bush like The Dixie Chicks and the corporation that controls radio stations takes you off the air?
2006-10-07 14:33:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Dear President Bush, thanks for being here. HOW CAN I SEE IT IF THE CINEMA DOESN'T SHOW IT???
GO BACK TO YOUR HOLE IN TEXAS
2006-10-07 14:39:47 · update #1
From nazism to consumerism, we are transformed to consumers , we keep buying as if it is the only means to enjoy life ,, Unconsciously we are under the influence of the media, the messages sent by the media acts indirectly on our behavior and we are far from being achieved beings or free ones,,We are brainwashed every day by corporations to become the matrix reloaded..For sure we cant take the blue pill to know the reality ..
2006-10-07 14:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by fuschiafish 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I find it interesting that some people seem to think that corporation = conservative or corporation = Bush. There are several compaines and corporations out there that have significant liberal slants to them ( just as there are conservative). With regards to a question about censorship and the "media" dictating what we see... yes, media is controlled by corporations but if you pay attention to what they say or allow in their broadcasts (or publications), it has a noticable liberal undertone. Now, this may be simply to sell their station, network, etc because that seems to be what people want to hear are anti-government opinions (whether it be Republican or Democrat), but it doesn't seem that the conservatives are controlling what we see or hear. Everyday I see or hear anti-conservative messages. Where is the censorship?
2006-10-08 09:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by wilmichart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feel free to purchase their CDs and go to their concerts. You have that sort of freedom.
I personally would change the radio station if I heard these nut bags singing - and judging from your question, I'm not alone. Radio stations want the largest audience they can get - that's what their advertising rates are based on.
I am personally sick and tired of "entertainers" shooting off their ignorant, political rants just because they think they have an audience!
OK - they can sing - they have some talent - why does that make them think that they also have some astonishing ability to analyze complex social and moral issues and spew out their opinions like they're indisputable facts?
Just shut your pie holes about stuff you know nothing about and entertain me - that, and only that, is what you get paid for.
2006-10-07 21:48:38 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We have no freedom whatsoever if those oversized companies decide what we see, hear, read or not! I call that utter censorship, and I bet Bush is behind all of this just to save his freaking incompetent hide from an already growing chorus of opposition!
2006-10-07 22:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by brian 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We enjoy:
The freedom to have abortions -- Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood.
The freedom to have sex -- Lawrence v. Texas.
The freedom to enroll in private schools -- Peirce v. Society of Sisters.
The freedom to learn a foreign language -- Meyer v. Nebraska.
The freedom to not recite the Pledge of Allegiance -- West Va. Brd of Educ. v. Barnette.
The freedom to print a fake article mocking a prominent, well-known public figure -- Flint v. Falwell.
Corporations do not prevent me from seeing the ocean. Corporations do not prevent me from seeing lakes, rivers, forests, or mountains.
Corporations do not prevent me from seeing plays and musicals performed at the local theatre.
Yahoo does not prevent me from seeing your questions, although I wish they would.
2006-10-07 21:44:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Our freedom is being taken away from us piece by piece. The New World Order police state is coming.
2006-10-07 21:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you know anything? It is illegal for that to be in America anyway. It is against the law to have the current president being assassinated in any kind of film or audio device. And why does it matter, just wait 2 more years, like all of you keep telling yourself
2006-10-07 21:38:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have the freedom not to watch or listen or buy their product.
Another college kid being indoctrinated about the evils of capitalism by someone who has never had a real job.
Learn to THINK.
2006-10-07 21:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by OldDude 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the same freedom we get from what we can choose to eat out or buy in stores or grow your own food and cook it...
besides...you only think Conservatives do such things...why was south park allowed to desecrate Jesus...but not Mohammad...where was the freedom there...
you are too far left to see any truth...
2006-10-07 21:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by turntable 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's been going on for years . I don't know what It's going to take to wake people up to this .
2006-10-07 21:41:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋