The separation between the artist and his music.

sopsych · 04-17-2013, 10:22 PM

Adultery is technically still a crime in much of the United States. Enforcement still happens sometimes when it involves the military. Apparently adultery is at least technically criminal in most non-European nations. And decades ago the law was enforced almost everywhere because adultery is really bad, because it hurts individuals and society much more than people today realize - hint: the mental illness epidemic. Also, most people underestimate how common adultery is. (Do you know what your partner is doing right now?) Racism today, on the other hand, probably is harmless as practiced by most individuals (mainly thoughts they keep to themselves and their close associates). We're talking bad individuals, remember. This is way off-topic, so maybe it should end here.

**Janszoon** · 04-17-2013, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sopsych

Adultery is technically still a crime in much of the United States. Enforcement still happens sometimes when it involves the military. Apparently adultery is at least technically criminal in most non-European nations. And decades ago the law was enforced almost everywhere because adultery is really bad, because it hurts individuals and society much more than people today realize - hint: the mental illness epidemic. Also, most people underestimate how common adultery is. (Do you know what your partner is doing right now?) Racism today, on the other hand, probably is harmless as practiced by most individuals (mainly thoughts they keep to themselves and their close associates). We're talking bad individuals, remember. This is way off-topic, so maybe it should end here.

Yeah, racism is "harmless".

Trollheart · 04-18-2013, 11:16 AM

No, I'm sorry but we can't leave it there. as you have this completely arse-about-face.

Leaving aside the criminality of adultery, you've ignored my point that the most people it hits is the number of people in the family/unit, probably a max of six maybe, certainly single figures in most cases. And it STOPS there. Racism, on the other hand, is insidious and spreads like a virus, can effect thousands if not millions of people, and leads to things like ethnic cleansing and wars: you have heard of a guy called Hitler, I assume?

I would certainly have less problem buying music from someone known to be an adulterer/ess than a racist. The first may be bad but it's a human failing and in any case there can be mitigating factors, such as a loveless or abusive relationship, whereas racism is just hate for hate's sake and far too pervasive to be as easily dismissed as you are trying to do.

The Batlord · 04-18-2013, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by sopsych

Adultery is technically still a crime in much of the United States.

So is smoking marijuana. Who cares? So, are you in some kinda cult or something?

04-17-2013, 10:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	Adultery is technically still a crime in much of the United States. Enforcement still happens sometimes when it involves the military. Apparently adultery is at least technically criminal in most non-European nations. And decades ago the law was enforced almost everywhere because adultery is really bad, because it hurts individuals and society much more than people today realize - hint: the mental illness epidemic. Also, most people underestimate how common adultery is. (Do you know what your partner is doing right now?) Racism today, on the other hand, probably is harmless as practiced by most individuals (mainly thoughts they keep to themselves and their close associates). We're talking bad individuals, remember. This is way off-topic, so maybe it should end here. __________________ If you have ideas or feedback for the site, visit The Musicbanter Improvement Thread.

04-18-2013, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	No, I'm sorry but we can't leave it there. as you have this completely arse-about-face. Leaving aside the criminality of adultery, you've ignored my point that the most people it hits is the number of people in the family/unit, probably a max of six maybe, certainly single figures in most cases. And it STOPS there. Racism, on the other hand, is insidious and spreads like a virus, can effect thousands if not millions of people, and leads to things like ethnic cleansing and wars: you have heard of a guy called Hitler, I assume? I would certainly have less problem buying music from someone known to be an adulterer/ess than a racist. The first may be bad but it's a human failing and in any case there can be mitigating factors, such as a loveless or abusive relationship, whereas racism is just hate for hate's sake and far too pervasive to be as easily dismissed as you are trying to do. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018