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Thug Life

[While going through old posts, I found a comment that I felt deserved a post of its own. Since the author is a relative of mine and a guest blogger here, I took the liberty of editing the text and publishing it here. Funky]

Violent music, aggressive thoughts linked

“Violent lyrics in songs increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment, according to a U.S. a study released yesterday.”

Quite some time ago, Funky off-handedly related this article to gangster rap. Indeed, gangster rap music feeds the need to feel empowered, to feel righteous in the fact that anyone who crosses you shall be an ant to be squashed. You feel less frightened, but you continue to support the environment that you fear. Everything is a fight for life.

“DESTROY THE THREAT! ASK NO QUESTIONS! DO NOT HESITATE!!!”

You have to romanticize your screwed up social environs. Otherwise, you won’t feel good behaving in such an inhumane, psychotic manner. So, yes, it induces aggressive thoughts. It helps to have these when everyone else is about to pounce on you and destroy your life! Or so you think.

That’s the real problem, though. People often behave stupidly when they perceive a threat. Take reactions to 9/11 , for instance. One day I hope they make a study about American foreign policy showing that it can “increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment.”

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Always Room For C-O-S-B-Y

Go Bill! Once again, Dr. Cosby has hit the nail on the head.

Cosby
Has Harsh Words for Black Community

CHICAGO – Bill Cosby (news) went off on another tirade against the black community
Thursday, telling a room full of activists that black children are running around
not knowing how to read or write and “going nowhere.”

Here’s something that ought to really bug Dr. Cosby.

Remix of Usher Song
Advocates Abortion, Violence Against Pregnant Women

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) — Music fans should be outraged by a remix of a song
off the latest hit album from R&B singer Usher. The remix, featuring hardcore rapper
Joe Budden, advocates abortion and violence against pregnant women, a representative
of an African-American group says.

Bad Rap for Rap

Maybe now rappers will need something more convincing in their defense than, ‘I’m just telling it how it is.’ Maybe they should focus on how it could be.

Violent music, aggressive thoughts linked

“Violent lyrics in songs increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment, a study released on Sunday by a U.S. psychology association found. “

Life Imitates Art

Study Links Media Violence with Mean Kids

“A study conducted by the National Institute on Media and the Family concludes that watching lots of violence on television and playing violent video games not only makes kids more physically aggressive, but it also makes them meaner and more distrustful.”

As long as nobody tries to take my violent games away, I’m happy. I’ll post more entries after I go beat someone up. I’ve had this urge to do so all day. 😉