[Sugar]

Ty,

I kinda resent you insinuating that all I want is some pollyanna world represented in art. It's one thing to put forth what is wrong with the world and it's another to buy into it, which is the point I was trying to make. I think the use of the "F" word (as you put it) is as irresponsible as using the "N" word. And I know people who will give me the EXACT same rationale for using the "N" word you just gave for using the "F" word. There's plenty of ways to say that a person is lazy, or stupid, or a coward or whatever. But when you CHOOSE to use a word that is so inexorably linked with the subjagation of a group of people, you're perpetuating the negative stereotype. And I think that's irresponsible, not just for rock stars, but for anyone. I have no problem with an artist expressing that life is crap and unfair and that there's a lot of crappy people in the world that would do the world a service by swallowing a bullet. Who doesn't know that? My issue is that his choice seems to be to perpetuate it rather than improve it. I mean, if your life was so crappy that you feel thae need to shout it to the world, WHY would you want to perpetuate that for the next kid? If Eminem got smacked around too much as a kid, why make it sound cool to smack people around? Stevie on the other hand (had to get her in afterall) not only chooses not to use words like that (publicly anyway) but always has some sense of hope in her songs. A sense of fighting through the bad and remaining intact, if tattered.

And why you think it's cool (not unfortunate or misunderstood) that he upsets parents is just beyond me. I mean, talk about shooting fish in a barrel.

Carne, I can only hope that his inconsistencies are attributable to some personal growth on his part.

And that's just MY opinion...