Weren't the Dixie Chicks practically outlawed in the USA some years back ?

Sixpack · 02-12-07, 07:12 AM

4 years ago practically outlawed in the USA, look at the chicks now...

Not that I am familiar with their music, or remotely care

but it's kinda funny in a remote way

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/...rds/index.html

ReallyDedPoet · 02-12-07, 07:47 AM

Nice to see. The foundation of democracy is free speech

August · 02-12-07, 08:41 AM

They became quite unpopular if that is what you mean...

fredbass · 02-12-07, 08:47 AM

Country music as well as radio stations in general still don't play their music much anymore and because of Natalie's stupid little antics last night, radio will be playing them even less. It's really too bad she never learned how to be a lady. It's just a shame, because I had enjoyed some of their music in the past.

irish1958 · 02-12-07, 10:08 AM

Free Speech caries some downside. If you say something someone or some group of people don't like, they may react.
The real problem is if government decides what you can say or not say. The United States has had this problem in the past (Lincoln suspending individual rights in 1860; the infamous sedition act of Wilson in 1918).
The Dixie Chicks weren't outlawed; they just pissed off the wrong people who just happened to be their base. They are "country" and most country fans are conservatives and take offence with any criticism.

Sailor Steve · 02-12-07, 12:14 PM

The same thing happened to The Beatles back in 1966, when John Lennon observed that they were "more popular than Jesus".
http://www.beatlesagain.com/bapology.html

02-12-07, 07:12 AM	#1
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Weren't the Dixie Chicks practically outlawed in the USA some years back ? 4 years ago practically outlawed in the USA, look at the chicks now... Not that I am familiar with their music, or remotely care but it's kinda funny in a remote way http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/...rds/index.html __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice to see. The foundation of democracy is free speech __________________ Back in the Day

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They became quite unpopular if that is what you mean... __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Country music as well as radio stations in general still don't play their music much anymore and because of Natalie's stupid little antics last night, radio will be playing them even less. It's really too bad she never learned how to be a lady. It's just a shame, because I had enjoyed some of their music in the past. __________________

02-12-07, 10:08 AM	#5
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Free Speech Free Speech caries some downside. If you say something someone or some group of people don't like, they may react. The real problem is if government decides what you can say or not say. The United States has had this problem in the past (Lincoln suspending individual rights in 1860; the infamous sedition act of Wilson in 1918). The Dixie Chicks weren't outlawed; they just pissed off the wrong people who just happened to be their base. They are "country" and most country fans are conservatives and take offence with any criticism. __________________ Irish1958

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The same thing happened to The Beatles back in 1966, when John Lennon observed that they were "more popular than Jesus". http://www.beatlesagain.com/bapology.html __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo