Sometimes you gotta be extreme to make an impact in society -- and I think that's what DeLon did exactly. I don't agree that the use of the images was irreverence -- it was an exaggeration of the irreverence that M.I.A. has been showing through her career through the use of terrorist-related symbols and lyrics. You gotta give some credit to this guy for having the guts to speak out on this matter. Terrorism is not a matter to be taken lightly, even in music, specially with hip hop music, a genre that influences many people.
What bothers me most of all is that they're having a war against war -- that there is verbal and ideological clashing about clashing at the macro-level. I think the best thing that should happen is for M.I.A. and Delon to be on the same side -- moving for peace and unity in Sri Lanka. I mean come on, this internet war isn't making things better. I believe that if M.I.A. and Delon work on the same side, for peace and unity, that would serve us all better.
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Liza said on August 8, 2008:
Sometimes you gotta be extreme to make an impact in society -- and I think that's what DeLon did exactly. I don't agree that the use of the images was irreverence -- it was an exaggeration of the irreverence that M.I.A. has been showing through her career through the use of terrorist-related symbols and lyrics. You gotta give some credit to this guy for having the guts to speak out on this matter. Terrorism is not a matter to be taken lightly, even in music, specially with hip hop music, a genre that influences many people.
What bothers me most of all is that they're having a war against war -- that there is verbal and ideological clashing about clashing at the macro-level. I think the best thing that should happen is for M.I.A. and Delon to be on the same side -- moving for peace and unity in Sri Lanka. I mean come on, this internet war isn't making things better. I believe that if M.I.A. and Delon work on the same side, for peace and unity, that would serve us all better.