07 Aug 09
You can't start handing out Peace Prizes like the Queen hands out knighthoods! This is nauseating.
And as to Kissenger and Arafat, you can disagree with those decisions all you want, but the prizes were for negotiations that had the goal of increasing world peace. Maybe you think they were insincere or ineffective but they were making efforts that were at least relevant.
I don't think Thriller did a whole lot for international diplomacy.
Heck, George W. Bush made more efforts at world peace than Michael Jackson. (And I don't mean that I was a big fan of W.)
It would be like giving Elton John the Nobel Prize in Medicine for Medicine Man. Please think about the precedent.
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by generalissimoAre you saying that not all music contributes to peace?directly or otherwise? No you cant just give any loser with a mike the nobel prize but they have. Perhaps this highlights the 'spiritual bankruptcy' of our modern world.
not really.
you can't just give any loser with a microphone a nobel peace prize.
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by karoly aczeldo you think "beat it" contributes to world peace just as much as "give peace a chance"?
Are you saying that not all music contributes to peace?directly or otherwise? No you cant just give any loser with a mike the nobel prize but they have. Perhaps this highlights the 'spiritual bankruptcy' of our modern world.
but they have
because they're stupid.
Perhaps this highlights the 'spiritual bankruptcy' of our modern world.
maybe.
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by generalissimo'Do you think "beat it" contributes to world peace just as much as "give peace a chance"?'
do you think "beat it" contributes to world peace just as much as "give peace a chance"?
[b]but they have
because they're stupid.
Perhaps this highlights the 'spiritual bankruptcy' of our modern world.
maybe.[/b]
Who knows. Possibly. Its the music , not the lyrics.
Even if it does contribute less, that is not the point . It contributes. Thats all that matters.
As to the rest of your post I cant disagree.
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by karoly aczelWho knows. Possibly. Its the music , not the lyrics.
'Do you think "beat it" contributes to world peace just as much as "give peace a chance"?'
Who knows. Possibly. Its the music , not the lyrics.
Even if it does contribute less, that is not the point . It contributes. Thats all that matters.
As to the rest of your post I cant disagree.
Even if it does contribute less, that is not the point . It contributes. Thats all that matters
you're kidding right?
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by generalissimoWhat about? the fact that music contributes to peace , or becauase I'm contending that MJ's music contributes as much as the beatles' or that it matters?(or something else?)
[b]Who knows. Possibly. Its the music , not the lyrics.
Even if it does contribute less, that is not the point . It contributes. Thats all that matters
you're kidding right?[/b]
08 Aug 09
Originally posted by karoly aczelthat is not relevant.
What about? the fact that music contributes to peace , or becauase I'm contending that MJ's music contributes as much as the beatles' or that it matters?(or something else?)
the point is that making a record is not enough to earn you a nobel peace prize.
09 Aug 09
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Originally posted by generalissimoHis music was as bad as his Nobel Peace Prize credentials. Absolutely worthless.
you can defend his music all you want but still, he hasn't done anything for world peace, nothing that would deserve a nobel peace prize.
It's at times like this we need a vomit smiley.