Prince (the singer) says women "happy" to wear burqa
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Well, he's right. The problem is that he's only looking at a very, very narrow slice of reality.
There is a lot of order in many countries in the Middle East, especially compared to the US. That's because there's very little freedom, like being forced to wear burqas. Burqas are only one aspect of the lack of freedom. Freedom isn't comfortable. It isn't easy. Freedom, often enough, is just the freedom to starve.
Russell Peters was on Joe Rogan's podcast this week, and he said something to the effect that Middle Eastern countries were more freedom of speech than Western countries, because they didn't have a lot of politically correct shit there. "You just can't talk about the government or Islam, is all..." is a paraphrase of what he said.
Ummm... the ability to criticize the local government and religion pretty much defines freedom of speech, Russell. PC bullshit is ridiculous, granted, especially the stuff that Peters and Rogan were talking about (Tracy Morgan/Jo Koi apologizing for the use of "faggot"), but in the end that's stuff on the relative periphery of the freedom of speech. It's important, but it's not the government throwing you in prison.
Artists/actors/musicians/comics are the last people you should listen to for their political takes. At the most, it's amusing when they agree with you, but the truth is that their worldview is often too narrow to understand the big picture.
There is a lot of order in many countries in the Middle East, especially compared to the US. That's because there's very little freedom, like being forced to wear burqas. Burqas are only one aspect of the lack of freedom. Freedom isn't comfortable. It isn't easy. Freedom, often enough, is just the freedom to starve.
Russell Peters was on Joe Rogan's podcast this week, and he said something to the effect that Middle Eastern countries were more freedom of speech than Western countries, because they didn't have a lot of politically correct shit there. "You just can't talk about the government or Islam, is all..." is a paraphrase of what he said.
Ummm... the ability to criticize the local government and religion pretty much defines freedom of speech, Russell. PC bullshit is ridiculous, granted, especially the stuff that Peters and Rogan were talking about (Tracy Morgan/Jo Koi apologizing for the use of "faggot"), but in the end that's stuff on the relative periphery of the freedom of speech. It's important, but it's not the government throwing you in prison.
Artists/actors/musicians/comics are the last people you should listen to for their political takes. At the most, it's amusing when they agree with you, but the truth is that their worldview is often too narrow to understand the big picture.
In other news, Prince is still clearly gay. However, there is something to be said for finding happiness in structure and conformity. Fuck Islam and their savage primitive bullshit, but if you really do some research, you can find interviews with freed American slaves who say that they miss slavery because the "real world" (for lack of a better phrase) is so complicated and difficult to navigate.