Wednesday, December 14, 2005

flags kill people.

i havent been following the riots here in australia - so i dont have much to add to the coverage that you can all see. i will say this tho, here are 2 major causes:



and i'll end with a brief note for hillary:


sometimes the flag is desecrated when it is held high
and it can be most honored by burning.
fuck you, hillary.


incidentally, there is an australian national govt 'youth' radio station which has a massive audience (up to say 40 year-olds - audience reach of say 5-10%)

i fluked catching a bit of it yesterday in the car and there was a song called 77%, by Sydney hip hop collective The Herd. I cant find the full lyrics, but here's a (small) snippet from the Sydney Morning Herald (as printed):

"Wake up. This country needs a f---ing shake-up.
Wake up. These c---s need a shake-up.
Talkback? Squawking hacks - won't relax
until Jonesy, Zemanek and Laws are all axed.
77 per cent of Aussies are racist
and if you're here, I'll say it to your faces.
Rich, redneck pricks still hold all the aces."

can you imagine that being written in the NYT? lol.

the song it pretty intense - and angry - and swear-y

on the radio, they quickly bleep out the c----s - but they left no doubt about what the word was - and they dont bleep out and of the multitudinous versions of 'fuck'. i heard it at about 5.30pm. can you imagine that in the US? on PBS? during kiddie hours? repeatedly?

the dj's give a quick language warning in advance of any songs with 'bad' words - they'll just say something casual like 'if you've got kiddies around, ya might wanna turn the sound down for a few minutes'. i dont know how frequently it happens - maybe 10 or 20 times per day. and the world hasnt fallen apart here.

outlawing flag-burning is stupid.
hillary is craven.

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