Conversation with fakeplasticnoone at Sat 26 Apr 2008 05:25:04 PM EDT on aimsmirk (aim)
(05:25:16 PM) Me: your away message reminds me of stewie
(05:25:24 PM) Unverified conversation with FakePlasticNoOne started.
(05:25:29 PM) Me: of family guy
(05:25:41 PM) Kelly: ;)
(05:30:26 PM) Me: rappers and politicians must embody the same memetic properties that religions do
(05:32:00 PM) Me: if a rapper doesn't do material on multiple sides by doing material both about being a real criminal and songs that give them plausible deniability and a sensitive side, then they close off large swaths of potential fans
(05:32:39 PM) Me: done correctly, however, you toe the line between many different interpretations of your persona, and you allow fans to identiy with whatever parts they have the greatest affinity for
(05:33:57 PM) Me: religions are the same. religions which strongly limit -- that is, effectively instill a rigid doctrine of say, peace, or violence -- constituents' personal implementations of the ideas expressed in religion exclude large groups of potential followers
(05:34:15 PM) Kelly: hrm. where is this coming from?
(05:34:38 PM) Me: Christianity and Islam are both classic examples of a failure to actually instill strong moral values -- at least along the peace/violence dimension
(05:34:51 PM) Me: my mind
(05:34:54 PM) Me: is where it comes frmo
(05:34:58 PM) Me: and i'm listening to chamillionaire
(05:35:08 PM) Me: who is a totally artificial 100% corporation-manufactured character
(05:35:35 PM) Kelly: well, im sorry to say, but i must depart
(05:35:36 PM) Me: like tupac, he raps both about killing people and about God -- but tupac was a real poet, whereas this guy is just a superficial character
(05:35:41 PM) Me: adios
(05:35:49 PM) Kelly: NEXT TIME... we engage.
(05:35:52 PM) Kelly: til then
(05:35:58 PM) Me: IM me
(05:36:02 PM) Kelly: okay
(05:36:08 PM) Kelly: bai for now
(05:36:18 PM) FakePlasticNoOne has ended his private conversation with you; you should do the same.
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