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The View From the Gutter"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."-Oscar Wilde
12月10日 Adam LambertI've been wanting to say something about the whole Adam Lambert controversy since it happened, but i never got around to it. Since he was on The View today and was on the Barbara Walters special last night, i figured i would express my point of view. I never actually saw his performance on the American Music Awards, but i've heard a lot about it and i think he has been treated unfairly. They can't even re-show the performance because it has been censored, three TV shows have cancelled his live appearances, and even The View had to tape his interview and performance. His performance has been described as lewd and raunchy, but the same things could be said of many of Madonna's performances, or Britney Spears'. A few years ago, Madonna french kissed Britney Spears on stage then turned around and kissed Christina Aguilera. That was never censored, and was never this harshly criticised.
I then of course found out that Adam Lambert is gay and one of the people he kissed on stage was a male band-member, so that's what i think the fuss is really all about. Men have a fantasy about women kissing each other, and doing more to each other, but they think two men kissing is gross and it makes them uncomfortable. There is a huge double standard here. Lady Gaga parades around on stage half-dressed, as do many female performers, but most people don't criticse that. It's an odd contrast to life outside the entertainment industry, where women are considered whores if they behave sexually, wheareas men are considered to be studs.
The whole argument about how kids were watching irks me too. The American Music Awards ended at 11 on the east coast, by the time it hit the west coast, i think the performance had been censored. Why are parents letting their young kids stay up until 11 on a school night? As Adam himself has said, he is not your kids babysitter, it's up to you to decide what is appropriate for your kids to watch. I think it's also important to understand that even though young kids may look up to him, he is an adult. He has earned to right to do adult things and behave in adult ways. I made the same argument about Britney Spears. These people should not have to act virginal and pure forever just because kids like their music. All it takes is parents sitting down and talking to their kids, but for whatever reason, parents often don't want to have these conversations.
There is also the argument that people were just shocked, because after seeing him on American Idol, they didn't expect the kind of performance he gave on the American Music Awards. American Idol is sanitized, it's audience is mostly made up of teens and pre-teens, so they tend to keep things tame. The contestants are also singing other people's songs. We don't really get to see who they are until they break out on their own and establish their own careers because on American Idol, they do have to abide by certain rules. We shouldn't be so surpised when someone turns out to be a bit different once they are off the show.
That being said though, i don't think it's fair to judge someone based on one performance. This doesn't mean every single song he performs is going to be a sex-fueled romp. 12月2日 Uganda Anti-Homosexual BillIn another step backwards for human rights, Uganda has recently come up with an anti-homosexual bill. It is actually entitled "Anti-Homosexual Bill, 2009." 12月1日 World AIDS DayAnother World AIDS Day has nearly come and gone, and this year's theme is Universal Access and Human Rights, based on the belief that universal access, prevention and care are fundamental human rights and that protecting human rights is the key to fighting the global AIDS epidemic. As long as the stigma about this disease still exists, making people embarrassed to use condoms and get tested, we will never rid the world of it. As long as people are prevented from learning about birth control and using it, as long as men continue to believe that having sex with virgins will cure them, HIV and AIDS will continue to plague people all around the world. As long as people remain uneducated and uninformed, we will have to live with this illness. The key is educating people, changing attitudes and making sure that everyone around the world has access to the proper medical care and treatment, so that hopefully one day, the terms HIV and AIDS can be removed from our everyday vocabulary. 11月24日 Off to VancouverAndrew and I are off to Vancouver tomorrow. I am going to NDP Convention and Council and he is going to volunteer. We will have time for some fun though, we are having dinner with my dad on Sunday, and hopefully my brother and his girlfriend. We are taking the bus down there, and will be staying in a motel in Prince George for a night, since the bus to Vancouver won't leave until the next day. We'll be back home on December 1, in time to get ready for Christmas. I'll be bringing my lap-top, but i don't know how often i'll get to come on here. There will be pictures though, i'll either upload them while i'm there, or when we get back. 10月12日 Happy ThanksgivingHappy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians, hope you are having a good weekend. We had our dinner last night, me, Andrew, my parents, my cousin Scott and his dog Ruckus. My step-dad is going to be doing work on the house today, so we figured we would eat yesterday.
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