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...winds, license takes over, and one can witness the slow but sure unraveling of every part of society, similar to what is currently happening in the West. As human beings, we have the capacity to think, reason, elevate our minds and arrive at a rational decision without laying blame at anyone else's door. Immorality is not endemic. We have the distinct choice of being upright or engaging in forbidden behavior. Maria Jacob, Mississauga, Canada...
...element of black culture it represents—the “Black KKK,” as he calls it. To Whitlock, the evolution of this genre is a cause of black Americas’ high crime rates and low socioeconomic status. He puts some of the blame for Taylor’s death, as well as the gun violence that plagues the black community, on rap, declaring: “You’re damn straight I blame hip hop for playing a role in the genocide of American black men. When your leading causes of death...
...Really, how can anyone reasonably blame a form of entertainment for problems in society? Before it ended a few months ago, The Sopranos was one of the most TV popular shows in America—but I highly doubt anyone was compelled to become a mobster after watching it. The same goes for most cultural phenomenon during any given era, as The Nation contributor Dave Zirin writes: “Music and culture are reflections—sometimes very ugly reflections—of … harsh realities…Blaming hip-hop for our current state is like...
...prioritizes winning at any cost, or when we bad-mouth Alex Rodriguez for loving money despite this nation’s materialistic culture. And it’s not just sports. We hate Paris Hilton for her own fame while we continue to pay attention to her, and we blame President Bush for apathy towards hurricane victims and genocides while we as citizens ignore these issues ourselves...
...Dershowitz to cite any statement of mine that is “against Israel.” My criticism of President Bollinger revolved around the part of his speech that seemed to commit Columbia University to support of the Bush administration’s war in Iraq, and to blame Iran for the violence there. When introducing a foreign head of state, the president of a university is not simply expressing his “personal views,” as Dershowitz claims, but speaking for the university...