http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1593808&vid=272743 (Russell Brand)
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1593808&vid=272768 (Jordin Sparks)
(Evidently, Mtv didn't like all the positive comments people were leaving about Jordin Sparks in response to this video because they have all been erased)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Promise Rings
I thought it fitting that my first post have to do with what initially inspired me to post a comment in a forum. Earlier this month, the host at the 2008 Mtv VMAs, Russell Brand, bashed our country and our citizens, among many other things, and the buzz the next day focused on his attacks of the Jonas Brothers for wearing promise rings and Jordin Sparks' reaction to it, but somehow no one was upset with Russell Brand. I was appalled by many things that were said that night and many things that were said the next day; I will explore two areas of my disgust. First, who does Russell Brand think he is getting up on an American stage and bashing our country, our President, our citizens, our role models, our Vice Presidential candidates, et cetra, et cetra...and he isn't even an American. He is fortunate that he chose to pull those stunts in a country where we have freedom of speech; a place where speaking your mind is not only okay, but encouraged. But he was so utterly disrespectful that I couldn't even listen to him anymore! What would make a person think that it is acceptable to be invited to host an event in a country that is foreign to you, then proceed to use that platform to talk about what an awful place you think it is and what awful people we have here? If that is the way he feels, he should just stay home. Secondly, the whole promise ring ordeal. All the talk show and news hosts, or whatever other names they may go by, are making the concept of a promise ring out to be a bad thing. It is a beautiful thing that some people choose to remain abstinent until marriage and it is an even more beautiful thing that people like the Jonas Brothers and Jordin Sparks are coming out and telling the world that they are choosing abstinence. They are role models for millions of young Americans and it is about time that they have a positive image to look up to in the media. And somehow, nobody can think of anything good to say about that; they are all treating them as if they have committed some sort of crime. About Jordin Sparks' reaction to Russell Brand's comments: she wasn't very tactful, I agree, but she was offended and she stood up for what she believed in. She spoke her mind...she has freedom of speech just like Russell Brand and the rest of us, but they are killing her in the media for it. So, let me take this last moment to rewrite a piece of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as I believe the media would see fit: Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, UNLESS you want to wait until marriage to have sex.
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DENISE. I THINK THE PROMISE RING IS A WONDERFUL THING. SOME PEOPLE MAKE THAT PROMISE TO THEIR PARENTS OR TO THEMSELVES AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE SOMEONE TALK BAD ABOUT THAT IS JUST PLAIN STUPID. I'M PROUD OF JORDAN SPARKS FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT BLOG. DIXIE A.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE WOULD EVEN COMMENT ON SOMETHING LIKE A PROMISE RING. WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHOICE TO BE ABSTINENT? THE REASON IS SIMPLE. PEOPLE ARE LIKE CRABS IN A BUCKET. WHEN ONE OR TWO CRABS MAKE IT TO THE TOP AND ALMOST OUT TO FREEDOM, THE REST WILL PULL THEM BACK DOWN WITH THEM. HEAVEN FORBID THAT SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THOUGH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT MEN WILL CALL GOOD EVIL AND EVIL GOOD. I'M VERY PROUD OF ANYONE WHO HAS THE GUTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THE WRONG THING IS SO MUCH MORE POPULAR.
AS FOR RUSSELL BRAND. HE'S A NOBODY GOING NOWHERE. I'M WITH YOU. I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM PULL THAT KIND OF THING WHERE HE COMES FROM. BETTER YET, I'D LIKE TO NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN AT ALL.
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