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Quoted from AlphaGamDiva:
i think these r kelly types and polanski people are sick.....but that doesn't mean i don't enjoy their work. poe was a crack-head, too, and he wrote some amazing stuff! judge not lest ye be jugded, folks..........that's how i feel about this whole situation now, i guess. i don't have to agree with anyone, i don't have buy their shit, but i can enjoy their artistry if i want to.
I couldn't agree more. I love the Dixie Chicks and think that what Natalie said was out of context (although she does have the right to say what she wants to say), I'm not going to stop buying the music. She has every right to say how she feels- all the celebrities did it at the Oscars and they aren't getting slammed because of it. As for R.Kelly, i love the song, but not his music. Yeah, what he did was sick, but it doesn't affect his music. I totally agree with the Poe comment, as well... good comparison.
Quoted from Cream:
The Dixie Chicks could learn a lesson here. They should just apologize and remove themselves from the political dialogue or they could wind up just like Sinead O'Connor, a very talented outcast who could never recapture her previous success.
They did apologize. A few times. But the media will choose to show what they wish, and a lot of the media didn't choose this. They're over it. Bring our troops home and let's get this thing over with...
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