June 02, 2003
You Don't Have To Call Me Darlin', Darlin'
Would an ongoing fued normally generate this much press? Not usually. Throw the war and our right to freedom of speech into the arena and you get a look at democracy in action. But, this fued feud between Keith and Maines does shine a very bright light on the fact that exercising one's right to speak freely doesn't always mean that one has something enlightening to say.
\x{201C}This format is no stranger to squabbles among its children,\x{201D} Huff says. \x{201C}But we move on. Nothing is to be gained by turning it into a game of public one-upmanship on one of the few nights of the year where our format enjoys such broad national exposure.\x{201D}
Couldn't this also apply to those of us who blog?
In a poll conducted by MSNBC, readers were asked what they thought of the whole mess:
Who's right in this latest country-music spat?
* 5118 responses
The Dixie Chicks - 17%
Toby Keith - 37%
I'm sick of the whole thing --they should all stick to singing - 46%
Maybe we should all just go back to blogging before we become the latest country song of who done who wrong.
Thanks to Nuke for pointing me in the direction of the article.
Posted by DaGoddess at June 2, 2003 05:03 PMI was drunk the day my mama got out of prison.
And I went to pick her up in the raaaain.
But by the time I got to the station,
In my old pickup-truck,
Mama got runned over by a danged old train!
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
And I never minded standing in the rain.
You don't have to call me darlin, darlin'.
You never even called me by my name...
BRILLIANT song, thanks a whole effing lot, Goddess, now I'm gonna have that litte ditty *staplegunned" to my brain for *days*...
kelley, who used to be a country singer
Posted by: kelley at June 2, 2003 05:28 PMI was drunk the day my mama got out of prison.
And I went to pick her up in the raaaain.
But by the time I got to the station,
In my old pickup-truck,
Mama got runned over by a danged old train!
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
And I never minded standing in the rain.
You don't have to call me darlin, darlin'.
You never even called me by my name...
BRILLIANT song, thanks a whole effing lot, Goddess, now I'm gonna have that litte ditty *staplegunned" to my brain for *days*...
kelley, who used to be a country singer
Posted by: kelley at June 2, 2003 05:28 PMIsn't that what everyone is doing right now anyway? They have blogs. They are writing on those blogs. Whether or not they have anything "worthwhile" to say, as you touched on in your opening paragraph to this post, remains to be seen. (Or not, depending on your view.)
We are all safe from "bad" blogging (whatever that may be), as long as we can find that browser's BACK button!
Posted by: Joni at June 2, 2003 06:02 PMAnd one more thing. If "free speech" is afforded only to those with "something enlightening to say" (and I cannot imagine who might be put in charge of making such a decision), then it ceases to be free speech, but is instead censored speech. So you exercise your right to free speech precisely because you have nothing worthwhile (read: popular) to say. And THAT is the spirit behind it. Let the little guy have a voice too, not just the thundering masses.
Posted by: Joni at June 2, 2003 06:06 PMI always try to consider the source of anything I hear or read. Ms. Maines and Mr. Keith are no doubt talented musicians. As far as the value of what either might have to say, well, Ms. Maines and Mr. Keith are no doubt talented musicians. Watching Bloggers bicker about blogging is as interesting to me as watching newscasters dicuss how they were important to the news stories they covered. ZZZZZZZZ! Click!
Posted by: Paul at June 2, 2003 08:02 PMIsn't it spleed "feud," not "fued?" Not that it matters much, I guess.
Posted by: Mollbot at June 2, 2003 11:14 PMThe irony of the above comment is so great that it defies description. Someday I will learn to proofread the comments I make.
Posted by: Mollbot at June 2, 2003 11:17 PMThat's the best idea I've heard all week. As a peripherial participant, I am as they say on to the next topic. The life span of any blog controvery seems to be 3-4 days. Well time up...
Posted by: Kevin at June 3, 2003 01:17 PMHow come nobody blogs about the feuds among the folks who work at the local Supercuts or the Circle K? Those good folks are every bit as lowbrow as any country music-singing
oilfield trash. I think their complaints and hatreds need
equal coverage.