America's Gun Violence #2

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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,149
    Pat Benatar's Hit Me with Your Best Shot being cancelled because of gun violence. What's the world coming to? What's next? Lynyrd Skynyrd's Saturday Night Special?
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Pat Benatar's Hit Me with Your Best Shot being cancelled because of gun violence. What's the world coming to? What's next? Lynyrd Skynyrd's Saturday Night Special?
    RIP to .38 Special on Spotify.
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  • joseph33
    joseph33 Washington DC Posts: 1,341
    This is pure nonsense! What's next,Rage Against The Machine-Bullet In The Head,Jimi Hendrix-Machine Gun,Filter-Hey Man Nice Shot,Pearl Jam-Glorified G,Johnny Cash-Dont Bring Your Guns To Town????? There's simply too many to list.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    Who's canceling the songs? A few thousand idiots on Twitter? Reminds me of blaming video games for violence in the 90's. Cancel the fuckers refusing to do anything about our laws and regulations around gun ownership.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    If they do anything to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, there’ll be hell to pay!
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    tbergs said:
    Who's canceling the songs? A few thousand idiots on Twitter? Reminds me of blaming video games for violence in the 90's. Cancel the fuckers refusing to do anything about our laws and regulations around gun ownership.
    The only one cancelling Hit Me With Your Best Shot is Pat Benatar, i believe. She announced that she wasn't going to sing it any more as she didn't feel it was right. Doesn't look like anyone pressured her or "cancelled" her. 
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,385
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,149
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 
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  • mickeyrat
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    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Of course, this'll be a great opening to bitch about "cancel culture." Like when the owners of the rights to Dr. Seuss books "cancelled" a few of the lesser-known books. People bitching about the cancellation didn't really have any idea who they were upset with. And they went out and bought all the well-known Seuss books (maybe this was a calculated marketing ploy by the owners of the book rights?).
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,220
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    Lol.

  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,149
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    There’s an ignore button. You might like it. Lol.
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,220
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    There’s an ignore button. You might like it. Lol.
    Or for once, you can just apologize and admit your post was extremely misleading and misinformation. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773
    hedonist said:
    If they do anything to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, there’ll be hell to pay!

    I lol’d
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,385
    edited July 2022
    mickeyrat sai7d:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    There’s an ignore button. You might like it. Lol.

    do note , while I didnt directly quote oftenreading, I made my contribution to this after her post and her clear and concise explanation.
    you should try it, you might like it.
    Post edited by mickeyrat on
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,860

    Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. 

    Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.

    “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.

    While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics. 

    “I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”

    The US is on pace in 2022 to match or surpass its worst year ever for mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.

    Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.


    Not sure about the complaining about Hal’s post. Benatar cited gun violence.

  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,149
    nicknyr15 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    There’s an ignore button. You might like it. Lol.
    Or for once, you can just apologize and admit your post was extremely misleading and misinformation. 
    Extremely misleading and misinformation? LOL
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,149
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat sai7d:
    mickeyrat said:
    ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....

    lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.

    whatever, its her song , her choice.
    Google works 

    well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
    There’s an ignore button. You might like it. Lol.

    do note , while I didnt directly quote oftenreading, I made my contribution to this after her post and her clear and concise explanation.
    you should try it, you might like it.
    Best advice I’ve received in years. Where would I be without you? Thanks for the wisdom.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856

    Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. 

    Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.

    “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.

    While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics. 

    “I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”

    The US is on pace in 2022 to match or surpass its worst year ever for mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.

    Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.


    Not sure about the complaining about Hal’s post. Benatar cited gun violence.


    Yeah, I'm not knocking Halifax's post, just clarifying it for the comments that followed. 
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,773
    Good guy w/ a gun accidentally killed a 9yo while trying to defend himself. 

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-indictment-death-houston-girl-shot-man-thinking-was-firing-robber-rcna39252

    I remain unconvinced that more guns is the best solution to America’s gun problem. 
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