User talk:Every3rdthought

Homophobia

Hi there

RE: Horace Andy and Wikipedia

Just a thought - I'm not sure its valid to mention this homophobic song in such a short description of Horace Andy's songs and life. With over 500 individual recordings to his name and over 40 hit songs on Jamaican, US and UK charts over the last 30 years (none of which are in any way homophobic), to mention just one song in this context isn't representative in any way of Horace's view on life and his ideologies. I know him personally and until I have time to write up a proper biography and discography I will again remove this irrelevant and truth distorting comment.

Thankyou for understanding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintagesounds (talk • contribs) 14:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your concerns - however, I would argue that this sourced and verified comment is neither 'irrelevant', nor 'truth distorting'. It is relevant to any information on the lyrical content of Horace Andy's work. It does not pass comment on Andy's 'views on life and ideologies' - it is only related to verified lyrical material. There's no guideline that information on Wikipedia must be 'representative,' which seems to me a concept that can only be subjective - it just needs to be accurate and verified.

By releasing a song, it is placed in the public domain for analysis - if an artist doesn't want their song lyrics to appear for analysis in the public domain, then they need only not release the material and keep their views private.

If you know Horace Andy personally, then if this song isn't representative of his current views, or if he no longer supports the homophobia that's apparent in this song, then it would be possible for you to suggest to him to put that information (i.e., that he no longer supports the view expressed in these lyrics) in the public domain, which could then be quoted on Wikipedia in order to put the homophobic lyrics in the context in which you argue they belong.

Cheers! Every3rdthought (talk) 22:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC):[reply]

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Homophobia

While I love both reggae music and Rastafari I these 2 recent edits of mine[1] [2] give an idea of what I think aboput homopphobia. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]