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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Generally, he shouldn't be banned.. but Canada did it to Howard Stern and probably a few others who are known to have potty-mouths.
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Unless I'm mistaken, Howard Stern the man has never been banned from entering Canada. There was a push to get the CRTC to ban his show, can't recall what the end result was. |
I'm pretty sure it was carried by a Montreal station and it just died from lack of appeal, and I certainly don't recall hearing that Howard Stern was ever banned from entering the country either. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Just as an observation, if McTeague thinks that banning 50 Cent is gonna have the slightest impact on gun deaths in Toronto, he's seriously out to lunch. |
And that's the real issue driving this.
There are also calls for the Prime Minister to enact the War Measures act (i.e. martial law) on Toronto and give everyone under 18 a curfew.
What's driving this issue is the fact that last week a kid attending the funeral of his buddy was shot to death in front of the church during the funeral.
Will he be banned from entering Canada? I don't know but I can tell you this much- if any violence occurs at a 50 Cent concert in Canada things will get very interesting. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: |
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He should not be 'banned'.
Canada should at least attempt to behave like a free country and respect his freedom of speech.
Besides, if you just ban an appearance by him, and not his CD's and the movie he was recently in you will accomplish nothing but moral grandstanding. I suspect that his popularity would also rise if this were to happen.
Even if we don't like what someone has to say (even if it is a total tool like "50cent") we don't have the right to silence him.
Don't Liberal Party flunkies have anything better to do with their time? Surely there some money left to squander. |
Did you listen to his lyrics? |
I have, yes.
Why do you ask? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Generally, he shouldn't be banned.. but Canada did it to Howard Stern and probably a few others who are known to have potty-mouths.
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Unless I'm mistaken, Howard Stern the man has never been banned from entering Canada. There was a push to get the CRTC to ban his show, can't recall what the end result was. |
I'm pretty sure it was carried by a Montreal station and it just died from lack of appeal, and I certainly don't recall hearing that Howard Stern was ever banned from entering the country either. |
Pretty much. My brother used to listen to the show in Montreal. He felt the show, in spite of the hype, could be quite boring. He said that if you took away the funny moments, which were far and between, you'd get the same old radio programming. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:47 am Post subject: |
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And "WILL NOT BE BANNED" is the winner:
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50 Cent cleared to go ahead with Canadian tour
CTV.ca News Staff
American rapper 50 Cent has the green light to perform in Canada just in time for the Dec. 3 launch of his cross-Canada tour.
Despite the objections of a Liberal MP, 50 Cent -- or "Fiddy" as he's also known -- was granted a temporary resident visa by Immigration Canada, according to The Globe and Mail.
The hip-hop star, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, is required to obtain a ministerial permit to enter Canada because of his criminal record.
50 Cent is no stranger to violence. The admitted former drug dealer was famously shot nine times and his songs reflect the hard life he led on the streets of Queen's, New York. His life story recently became the subject of a new movie, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Earlier in the month, Toronto-area Liberal MP Dan McTeague pressed the government to bar the rapper on the grounds of his criminal record, because his music allegedly glorifies gun violence.
"I think it's the timing on this �� more than anything else," McTeague said, in an appearance on CTV's Canada AM last week.
"Toronto has witnessed an unprecedented number of young violent deaths as a result of gang warfare, gang culture."
He also expressed concern over shootings that have occurred at 50 Cent's concerts.
"The last time he was here in 2003 in my city and in the GTA, a man was killed at the Molson Amphitheatre. Another attempt was made in Montreal at the next concert," McTeague said.
But Ben Trister, the rapper's immigration lawyer, told The Globe and Mail that it's wrong to suggest 50 Cent's music promotes violence.
A 24-year-old was shot dead after a 50 Cent concert in Toronto in 2003, but the crime took place four km away from the venue, Trister said.
The Canadian tour is scheduled to start Dec. 3 in Vancouver, with stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax and Saint John, N.B. |
I'm not for banning entertainers based on fan behaviour (by that standard the star Trek cast should have been given the death sentence a long time ago) but as I noted earlier, it will be interesting to see what develops further if there is violence at his Toronto concert.... |
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