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Profane Concert Spews A Tempest
St. Petersburg Times ^
| 11/11/03
| Carrie Johnson
Posted on 11/11/2003 11:00:32 AM PST by marshmallow
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Bill Proffitt, a spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department, said officers could do nothing about the vulgarities. "We see that as a free speech matter," he said.
Great news, officer.
So if I approach you and call you "a fat mother-f*!!#%", it will be considered a "free-speech issue" and nothing will happen to me. Cool.
To: marshmallow
Isn't 50 Cent supposed to be the biggest rap star going? And all he could draw was 5,300 people.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:05:48 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: Phantom Lord
Profanity? At a rap concert? I can't see that happening.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:10:57 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Pittsburgh beat Virginia Tech 31-28. Panthers rule!!".)
To: marshmallow
So if I approach you and call you "a fat mother-f*!!#%", it will be considered a "free-speech issue" and nothing will happen to me. Cool. Actually you probably could. Some state courts have ruled in favor of this (although the cop might deck you if nobody was looking). However, if you tried this on a member of the American aristocracy (state and federal judges) you would likely find yourself behind bars.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:14:16 AM PST
by
Hacksaw
To: Phantom Lord
All I know is that he isn't worth a nickel to me.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:15:29 AM PST
by
Callahan
To: marshmallow
Actually probably nothing would, as long as you used the exclamation points and percent symbols instead of the actual word. He might be more confused than anything. ;)
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:16:14 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(We are a NEWSPAPER! We are supposed to print THE NEWS! -- Carl Kolchak)
To: Hacksaw
What if the person really is an obese man who routinely has sex with his mother? I want to know in case I ever run into to Jerry Nadler.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:18:12 AM PST
by
Callahan
To: AppyPappy; Phantom Lord
To: marshmallow
Groovy. Just Groovy.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:21:05 AM PST
by
Hatteras
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: marshmallow
"It's 50 Cent," he said. "What were people expecting? This is what the
artists do .....
Putting this thug in the company of Rembrandt and Mozart is a bit much.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:21:55 AM PST
by
Skooz
(All Hail the Mighty Kansas City Chiefs: 9-0 baby)
To: Callahan
Speaking of Fat Jerrys. . .has anybody gotten a load of Jerry Lewis lately?? What, in the name of God, has happened to him? He is hugh mon gous.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:23:42 AM PST
by
McBuff
To: marshmallow
Dismayed by the profanity and concerned it could affect his relationship with the city, Bodziak told the tour manager at one point he was going to cut the electricity. "He told me, "You do that and you're going to have a riot on your hands,' " Bodziak said.So now good people are going to live in fear of riots, foresaking decency?
Looks like rap's "thug life" image is well deserved.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:24:09 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("Forth now, and fear no darkness!")
To: McBuff
Speaking of Fat Jerrys. . .has anybody gotten a load of Jerry Lewis lately?? What, in the name of God, has happened to him? He is hugh mon gous. I don't have the details but I understand it's a side effect from medications that he's taking for a chronic condition.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:35:13 AM PST
by
Bob
To: McBuff
It's because of medication he is taking to control pulmonary fibrosis.
To: McBuff
Metabolism change from some of the medications he is taking (I think for diabetes in addition to back pain). He's now been talking a lot about the treatment he got for his backpain (an improved technology of inserting a device into his nervous system so he can send controlled shocks to block out the pain signals along his spinal column).
Jerry wasn't getting relief from his pain medications and was on the brink of suicide as a way of stopping the pain. He swears by the treatment now and tries to share the news with anyone suffering from such problems. I don't know if this technology worked this well several years ago when Rush Limbaugh decided against further surgery as a means of ending his back pain. Maybe he should consider this technology now.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:37:07 AM PST
by
weegee
To: Vigilantcitizen
i understand, but i'd guess your decibel level is much lower.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:47:41 AM PST
by
kallisti
To: McBuff
Speaking of Fat Jerrys. . .has anybody gotten a load of Jerry Lewis lately?? What, in the name of God, has happened to him? Deathly ill. The medication caused the apperance.
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posted on
11/11/2003 11:51:41 AM PST
by
Protagoras
(Hating Democrats doesn't make you a conservative.)
To: marshmallow
Because the concert was held in the afternoon, police weren't expecting many complaints and didn't have a noise meter to measure decibel levels, Proffitt said. Doesn't this sound like a load of hooey? Vulgarity as free speech? More hooey. A riot? Why couldn't the sound at least be turned down? People would have then been able to leave and find relief if they were offended.
Isn't St. Pete something of a retirement town? This city council was downright dumb in their decision to book this act.
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posted on
11/11/2003 12:02:50 PM PST
by
Ruth A.
To: marshmallow
How about a little sampling of 50 Cent's
art?
From the song "P.I.M.P.":
The last nigga she was with put stitches in her head
Get your hoe out of pocket, I'll put a charge on a bitch
Cause I need 4 TVs and AMGs for the six
Hoe make a pimp rich, I ain't paying bitch
Catch a date, suck a dick, shiiit, TRICK
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Wow, that really is artistry..
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