Secret Service checks Eminem's 'dead president' lyric
12-06-03 | 12:54 AM
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Chris Rock did once did a bit on assassinating the President at Comic Relief. The SS asked HBO not to air the joke any more and HBO complied. Seems the SS dont have much of a sense of humor.
12-06-03 | 07:26 AM
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With so many opressionable youths in our country, I can see why the SS isn't very lenient on lyrics or jokes about killing the president. It only takes a Michael Carneal, Dylan Klebold, or Eric Harris to snap and do something stupid. It just makes their job harder.
12-06-03 | 09:55 PM
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Funny how back in the late 1960's when the Vietnam war was at it's peak none of those music stars which are now legends called for the death of the President of the U.S.
And back in the 1940's when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor the entertainment industry stars were enlisting to go to war and not againest it.
Says something about this generation.
And back in the 1940's when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor the entertainment industry stars were enlisting to go to war and not againest it.
Says something about this generation.
12-06-03 | 10:53 PM
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Originally posted by wm lopez
Says something about this generation.
Says something about this generation.
-Gunshy
12-06-03 | 11:00 PM
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Originally posted by Gunshy
Well true, I s'pose you do have a point there but still, this is Eminem == Big Yawn. The SS should shut down all his music so no poor soul has to hear it anymore
Well true, I s'pose you do have a point there but still, this is Eminem == Big Yawn. The SS should shut down all his music so no poor soul has to hear it anymore
12-07-03 | 06:14 PM
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Originally posted by Jason
So now demos, unfinished and abandoned work product are now fair game for government censorship? Sickening.
So now demos, unfinished and abandoned work product are now fair game for government censorship? Sickening.
I love Em's music. He can be a total dolt at times. I like the fact that he pushes the line. But there are somethings that are offlimits, and that's one of them.
12-07-03 | 09:23 PM
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Originally posted by wfujosh
You don't get to say you are going to kill the president, end of story, PERIOD. It's not censorship, it's the law, and quite frankly, common f'ing sense.
You don't get to say you are going to kill the president, end of story, PERIOD. It's not censorship, it's the law, and quite frankly, common f'ing sense.
12-07-03 | 10:04 PM
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Originally posted by Numanoid
First, the lyric says he'd like to see the President dead, not "I'm going to kill the President". Second, since when is it against the law to hold such a view? A direct threat is one thing, a sentiment is another. Can you name one example of someone being charged with the crime of "wishing the President dead"?
First, the lyric says he'd like to see the President dead, not "I'm going to kill the President". Second, since when is it against the law to hold such a view? A direct threat is one thing, a sentiment is another. Can you name one example of someone being charged with the crime of "wishing the President dead"?
I haven't heard this, but it could well have been an impromptu freesytle rap where he just went from dead presidents to president dead. Hell, after he finished, he may have said, "Damn, I can't say that." We don't know.
If he put it on an official release, I could see people getting upset, but this is nothing.
12-07-03 | 10:05 PM
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Originally posted by Numanoid
First, the lyric says he'd like to see the President dead, not "I'm going to kill the President". Second, since when is it against the law to hold such a view? A direct threat is one thing, a sentiment is another. Can you name one example of someone being charged with the crime of "wishing the President dead"?
First, the lyric says he'd like to see the President dead, not "I'm going to kill the President". Second, since when is it against the law to hold such a view? A direct threat is one thing, a sentiment is another. Can you name one example of someone being charged with the crime of "wishing the President dead"?
12-09-03 | 04:52 AM
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Originally posted by wfujosh
You don't get to say you are going to kill the president, end of story, PERIOD. It's not censorship, it's the law, and quite frankly, common f'ing sense.
I love Em's music. He can be a total dolt at times. I like the fact that he pushes the line. But there are somethings that are offlimits, and that's one of them.
You don't get to say you are going to kill the president, end of story, PERIOD. It's not censorship, it's the law, and quite frankly, common f'ing sense.
I love Em's music. He can be a total dolt at times. I like the fact that he pushes the line. But there are somethings that are offlimits, and that's one of them.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...=A2dqog40ttvnz
It's still available (just has been re-released, to be exact)....
