MTV Gun forum

Brit Boi Gee · 09-20-2005, 07:53 AM

Is it me or are MTV jumping on the gun bandwagon after a few isolated incidents of gun crime in the UK? This show aired and i'm thinking this is probably going to do more harm than good seeing as they are showing skitz of people shootin the streets up as a detterent for gun crime, not just that but they are putting hip hop culture at the forefront of this movement. Now MTV need to take some responsibility for this instead of broadcasting it into a million living rooms where people didn't even realise gun crime was up so much untill MTV created the show. Surprise surprise. The whole debate turned into back and forth cliches about whether artists have responsibility to their listeners of not. Tim cash was trying to be the mediator of the discussion but ended up defending snoop dogg, ( i guess to look like he was down?) They all seemed baffled about where this gun crime came from, maybe because it is not as big as they were making out and is only pursued by a select few who get thug life twisted and have p.i.m.p on rotation to much in their vauxhall astras with lexus lights.

ya dig?

BMC · 09-20-2005, 06:03 PM

whats this about? i dont watch MTV anymore

doubl3 · 09-21-2005, 05:49 AM

Yea, i'm not sure what MTV is complaining about when they show the videos that they are so called worried about ..

Ratiko Malodic · 09-30-2005, 11:36 AM

Money.

Senór Temp · 10-07-2005, 12:12 PM

I thought it was a good idea, there is a problem within the UK for gun crime and it's bigger than anyone would like it to be. The point of the forum was to get an open opinion from a whole variation of people; artists, DJs, record company execs, teens, parents of killed teens 'n' the police. It was an open forum, just like this one, for people to state their opinions on the matter 'n' take the blame away from music, video games etc 'n' shift it towards society, peers, drugs ... the sort of things it should be blamed on.

The thing that pissed me off more than anything was how narrow-minded some of the parents where ... Ms Dynamite got blown out bare times for her opinion when it was right what she was saying.

The clips you saw were campaigns, it would have been stupid not to include them considering their aim is to put the problems we have here in the light. Have you seen the Don't Get Blood On Your Hands one?

http://www.stoptheguns.org/media.php

I followed the forum with interest, video games being blamed when someone's 14 year old son was playing GTA:SA (Certified - 18+ 'n' all) and ended up picking up a gun. The same within music, the age restrictions are in place for a reason, although I can never remember wanting to pick up a gun if I heard a N.W.A tune or whatever.

That's my two pennies on it anyway ... but I certainly don't see how it provoked more gun crime. To say they show the videos they're worried about is wrong, when did MTV say Hip Hop was the blame for it?!? Like one the guests said, I can watch a spaghetti western movie 'n' see hundreds of Indians die by the gun, yet I watch a music video 'n' that ends up taking more responsibility.

YaRR · 10-07-2005, 04:22 PM

MTV rules

09-20-2005, 07:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Brit Boi Gee manifest the zen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Near To Athena Posts: 15,870	MTV Gun forum Is it me or are MTV jumping on the gun bandwagon after a few isolated incidents of gun crime in the UK? This show aired and i'm thinking this is probably going to do more harm than good seeing as they are showing skitz of people shootin the streets up as a detterent for gun crime, not just that but they are putting hip hop culture at the forefront of this movement. Now MTV need to take some responsibility for this instead of broadcasting it into a million living rooms where people didn't even realise gun crime was up so much untill MTV created the show. Surprise surprise. The whole debate turned into back and forth cliches about whether artists have responsibility to their listeners of not. Tim cash was trying to be the mediator of the discussion but ended up defending snoop dogg, ( i guess to look like he was down?) They all seemed baffled about where this gun crime came from, maybe because it is not as big as they were making out and is only pursued by a select few who get thug life twisted and have p.i.m.p on rotation to much in their vauxhall astras with lexus lights. ya dig? __________________ childhood, when nothing happened to us except what happens to things and creatures: we lived their world as something human, and became filled to the brim with figures. -Rainer Maria Rilke Brit Boi has a highly calibrated wifermometer Last edited by Brit Boi Gee; 09-20-2005 at 07:55 AM.

09-20-2005, 06:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
BMC Accidental Hero Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK™ Posts: 22,857	whats this about? i dont watch MTV anymore __________________ ::: EXP :::

09-30-2005, 11:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ratiko Malodic Hispanic Bitchm0nkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wales Posts: 35,972	Money. __________________ fuck it

10-07-2005, 12:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Senór Temp Child of Monrovia ... Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hull, England ... Posts: 16,428	I thought it was a good idea, there is a problem within the UK for gun crime and it's bigger than anyone would like it to be. The point of the forum was to get an open opinion from a whole variation of people; artists, DJs, record company execs, teens, parents of killed teens 'n' the police. It was an open forum, just like this one, for people to state their opinions on the matter 'n' take the blame away from music, video games etc 'n' shift it towards society, peers, drugs ... the sort of things it should be blamed on. The thing that pissed me off more than anything was how narrow-minded some of the parents where ... Ms Dynamite got blown out bare times for her opinion when it was right what she was saying. The clips you saw were campaigns, it would have been stupid not to include them considering their aim is to put the problems we have here in the light. Have you seen the Don't Get Blood On Your Hands one? http://www.stoptheguns.org/media.php I followed the forum with interest, video games being blamed when someone's 14 year old son was playing GTA:SA (Certified - 18+ 'n' all) and ended up picking up a gun. The same within music, the age restrictions are in place for a reason, although I can never remember wanting to pick up a gun if I heard a N.W.A tune or whatever. That's my two pennies on it anyway ... but I certainly don't see how it provoked more gun crime. To say they show the videos they're worried about is wrong, when did MTV say Hip Hop was the blame for it?!? Like one the guests said, I can watch a spaghetti western movie 'n' see hundreds of Indians die by the gun, yet I watch a music video 'n' that ends up taking more responsibility. __________________ Dare To Disagree

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09-21-2005, 05:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
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