Re: [microsound] B.S. (britney spears)

[Dale Lloyd <dkl37@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:56:00 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ivind=20Ids=F8?=
<ezueled@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Dale Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > The on-going discussion about B.S. reminds me of an e-mail that 
> someone
> > posted on the lowercase list regarding the Francisco Lopez heavy 
> metal
> > source piece. They stated something to effect that because the 
> Lopez
> > piece had garnered so much controversy, perhaps he had done 
> something
> > right. Oops, did she do it again? ;-)
> 
> This kind of rhetoric shows up whenever someone who´s causing 
> controversy
> don´t have a proper argument to justify what they´re doing ("we 
> caused
> controversy, ergo we must be doing something right"), and I find it 
> very
> dubious...simply because it implies people like Pat Buchanan or the
> Norwegian Carl I. Hagen (right-ish politican) or Jürg Haider is doing
> something "right".
										Sure, it may be dubious, but to some, making millions of
dollars and being internationally famous amongst diverse cultures (hense,
the B.S. dialogue on this list), does justify what one is doing and does
make them "right" by their own individual standard. 
										
> It seems more valuable to connect with hermeneutics and say that 
> Britney
> Spears or Haider reveals and sets into play certain value systems and
> value judgments and puts a finger on certain biases and prejudices 
> etc.
> Maybe.

This, for me, is a given and even though I don't make it a habit to think
about B.S., I can say that the phenomenon that is B.S. sure has brought
me into discourse about her here, even if it was briefly just for a bit
of humor. And with that, I can say, yes, she (and the corporate machine
that is her) did it again. :^)
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