Production of another color...
I will tell you HE IS LEGIT! The thing I like most about him is he's got the balls to let people know the truth about the industry.
Ain't that the damn truth...
Flo'
You're still as crack pot as ever.
Ever hear tell of copyright? You don't change ANYTHING on a use license WITHOUT getting in the heat. Of course, your self-inflicted 'protect the minorities' socialism must take precedence over all other common sense considerations. FYI, the “n-word” in the United Kingdom doesn’t spell the same derogatory as it does here, nor for that manner anywhere else in the world.
"...as crackpot as ever?" Whatever, man. I know about the legalities behind changing that shit - I guess the dude who wrote it is so old & dead (or the paper that owns the rights) that you have no chance of getting permission to edit or omit that one sentence. Without it, the article still carries all of the information pertinent to your site & services, doesn't it? Yeah, I've heard of copyrights & use licenses, and I've also heard of
excerpts. Have you?
Furthermore, I'm not
self-inflicting shit, you pompous, self-aggrandizing prick. the guy whose article you posted is the culprit, as is your oh-so-helpful reprinting. Socialism, huh? Get the fuck out of here. Don't make it so easy to identify & confirm your intrinsic and academic stupidity. Talk about what you know about, or blow it out your bigoted asshole.
If you think you can minimize YOUR ALLOWING that shit on your site by saying "well, the guy who wrote it is from another country & it means something else over there," you're way off, homey. Too much moonshine, or psychedelics, or crank, or ketamine, or whatever the drug of choice was for your generation. I still haven't disputed that you may be pretty knowledgeable about some things (which
doesn't mean I don't think you're on some scamming shit), but all types of bad shit often comes wrapped up in the truth.
FYI: Call ANY black person in the UK a nigger & see what that gets you. And yeah, it means very much the same thing in several other countries from South Africa, to Germany, to Portugal, to France, and so on. And no, I'm not saying that because I read a few motherfucking online articles or did any "web-research." I experienced that shit, can speak in enough languages, & know enough of current social climates to know what the fuck I'm talking about - not to mention history. Again, stick to what you know, cat-daddy.
The beginning of your post addresses me like I don't know shit about things related to the music or (literary) publishing business, you're wrong. For the sake of argument, if nothing more, I know enough to know that there is a way to omit that sentence & still publish a useful article on your website. I know it can be done, and I've surmised from your posts that you are quite simply choosing not to. Not only that, but you're trying to
justify your reprint in its' entirety, and make those words not as racially derisive as they are. That would be the mark of a racist. Maybe not a practicing cross-burner, but still a racist, nonetheless.
You may have a wealth of great info on your site, but I refuse to give it serious consideration coming from you because I know that you think it's a'ight to use words like "nigger" in connection with Vandor-Whatever-The-Fuck-It's-Called. Besides, it's not like that same info can't be found on plenty of other sites, books, or magazines. You ain't got "industry swindling secrets" on lock. Get off your own retirement age dick. That's ugly, really ugly.
For you to think I'm a "crackpot" or whatever because I called you to the mat on saying it's OK to call me a nigger makes it really clear how you feel about my race (and arguably any group of people you don't identify with). I don't care how many blacks or other minorities work with or for you, or how many black artists' records you repackage and re-sell, license, steal, whatever.
Bottom line for all those people who look like me: at the end of the day, dude still thinks you's a nigger.
So what if you think you help people empower themselves & make money; you still profit like hell, and they's still just a workhorse to your sorry ass. You can't say I don't know my ass from my elbow re: music business cause you don't know me or how I get down. I haven't written anything to give any impression of any kind regarding whether or not your site or its' info is legit or bullshit, I've simply called you a scam artist because you got calling me & people who talk like me "niggers" wrapped up in some arguably useful-to-some-people-information. You sneaky fuck, you...
<purposefully wrapping evil-heartedness within good things to pass off as "all good" is a primary way a certain entity gets his work done - I don't ever refer to anyone as such, nor do I subscribe to it, but allegorically, I can see the connection>
You post shit on BBSs & your site and encourage & hope that people will read it, learn, and if it's mutally beneficial, do business with you. You are one irresponsible son-of-a-bitch. 14 year old kids on here reading what we post, and perhaps follow links that we post. You've got it set up lovely for some really nice, naive white (or non-black) kid to get his windows smashed the fuck in.
**ask your "American Nigger Slang" experts to translate that for you if you don't understand** Not only that, but when little black kids read it, they may, FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS, become desensitized to shit they should be very sensitive to. No that don't mean start shooting motherfuckers who I think are racists, but it does mean that I need to do the same thing you claim to be doing, which is teaching or showing people the way or whatever you wanna call it.
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nig·ger
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: “You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger” (James Baldwin).
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.
Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people: “Gun owners are the new niggers... of society” (John Aquilino).
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[Alteration of dialectal neger, black person, from French nègre, from Spanish negro. See Negro.]
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
nigger
\Nig"ger\, n. A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
nigger
n : ethnic slur; offensive name for Black person [syn: spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
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See, in THIS country (no room for argument here, buddy), this is what that word means. And, as far as "protecting," it's not the minorities i'm trying to "save." It's the
majority, of which we should all equally be a part of. Not an easy task for one, or even millions, but somebody gotta do it. Especially when people like you think it's ok to be a fucking oppresser. I'm not saying that the responsibility of working to change that is soley your job, but I am saying it's mine (or at least one of them). If that makes my "pot cracked," then better to be considered crazy by the likes of you versus trying to find a way to make everybody else think
they're crazy for not tolerating your perpetuation of hatred.
you got your opinion & I got mine, fine & dandy. i can promise you this: anytime I see your or your company's name, I'll be sure & speak up about what you think is ok regarding "American Nigger Slang," and the word "nigger;" its' meaning, its' (global) usage, and most importantly its' acceptance, or lack thereof, in your world.
Pontius Pilating Your Ass For Now,
DJ Dolo