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Thread #69575 Message #3650463
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Aug-14 - 01:14 PM
Thread Name: Debate: It's Just a Song
Subject: RE: Debate: It's Just a Song
Lighter wrote:Nobody ever explains just how or why listening to a murder ballad will turn an ordinary sane person into a killer.
To be upset by a murder ballad, you don't necessarily have to believe that listening to one will turn someone into a killer.
You might be upset because the song doesn't show enough sympathy for the victim or for the survivors, for example.
Frankly, I'm surprised I have to explain this.