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Originally Posted by CarylB
I'm not sure why blunt comments that take no account of how the performer who has delivered the work may read them need to be part of any discussion. We can discuss with some degree of sensitivity to his feelings and pride in his work surely without fatally compromising the quality of discussion? And those fans who love Meat's work and delight in it, will also be weighed down by unnecessarily harshly expressed criticism .. after all we come here to celebrate the work of a man we follow and are fans of.
Having said that, I agree it is daft to jump on any negative comments providing they are expressed reasonably.
But it's matter of degree, and there is a middle path imo where we don't for eg have to say "Do you get the concert people out of their bodybags before putting them in seats?". No doubt thought to be "amusing" but in my view rather unnecessary, and likely to cause some offence to some members .. those who were at the concert, and those fans who don't feel obliged to, or cannot stand, throughout a concert, but are entitled to consider themselves fans of rock and roll in general and Meat in particular as equal as anyone else.
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I know where you're coming from, Caryl. However, I think you're asking people to post in a way unlike how they would talk to one another over a few drinks at some get-together. I think comments such as "rap is crap" is something like we would actually say to each other. I think people come here to relax and have fun, without having to worry about how they word every little thing they say. Imagine a room full of work colleagues; even if most generally like their jobs, there are most likely going to be complaints about something, and people can share and commiserate. Now, imagine the boss walks into the room- that's what we have here.
One of the reasons I like this forum and the other fan forums (of several artists) I belong to is that I think it's amazing that I can chat and share with fans from all walks of life and all over the world. I love it that I can log on and find out what was played in Helsinki last night- or even, in some cases, as it's happening. How cool is that? Part of that fun is also debating and discussing (maybe even a little fighting
), and people use words like "crap" and even worse. This is the only forum that I belong to where the artist posts, but it's also the only forum where this issue is even an issue, for whatever that's worth. I'm not making a judgement, it's just how it is.