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EggyToast
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Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:05:47 -0500
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[idm] re:political posts
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quoted 5 lines With ALL do respect,>With ALL do respect, > >I don't know how that can be a policy considering music reflects >life and can therefore be political. >
Music can be political. I'd imagine talking about the politics of a particular music piece or album would be fine. Bringing up politics that have no direct relation to IDM nor any of its artists, but rather a small subset of those subscribed to a list discussing it is indeed off-topic, though. Saying "Autechre are opposed to this bill against live performance" and the implications of that are understandable, if I understand correctly. That at least relates directly to music. Saying "Hi, I'm subscribed to this list, and I think about all these political things without any IDM content, or rather any musical content whatsoever" is frowned upon. I don't care about your hobby horse or your personal, non-musically related politics. If I was, I'd subscribe to a politics list. Unless, of course, you think if we all talked about how wonderful breathing is, or eating. Which are significantly more important parts of life. music, music, music... derek -- eggytoast.com -------------- commerce soon: eggtastic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org