Comments on: Ringtone race wars

By: Salil

Salil — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:15:20 +0000

How much room is there for a humorous take on race, while still deterring words and deeds that reflect true hate

none.

Oh, I'd disagree very strongly, mainly because I'm Indian and love to argue.

I really do hope that one day humanity's collective sense of humor overtakes its boundless joy at the idea of being offended.

By: AC

AC — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:08:26 +0000

if people would actually answer their phones before allowing them to reach the second stanza of "Bitches Ain't Shit" we might be able to circumvent this, and other issues.

for that matter, mobile phones shouldn't even come with "tones" of any sort, other than classical and vibrate. if you want to be creative go find some f*****g crayons already.

lord, i sound like my father, minus the use of gang-banger rap references.

By: zimblymallu

zimblymallu — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:56:04 +0000

How much room is there for a humorous take on race, while still deterring words and deeds that reflect true hate none.

what a sad little word. oh well, you can't stop me thinking.

By: razib_the_atheist

razib_the_atheist — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:47:12 +0000

How much room is there for a humorous take on race, while still deterring words and deeds that reflect true hate

none.

By: hairy_d

hairy_d — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:31:43 +0000

hmmm… three posts back … there was a big brouhaha* about shutting down blogspot etc.

Let’s compare and contrast.

Private phone company – ring tones – rogue provider – sneaky racist content – hurts feelings.

Publicly funded telecom network – blogs – rogue bloggers – sneaky incendiary content – people die.

What do you think? Where do you stand?

*btw, i just found out, that’s a juggernautized hebrew word,… thought i’d share.

By: Abhi

Abhi — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:03:49 +0000

The leader of Hezbollah (Hassan Nasrallah) has had his speeches converted into ringtones which are popular in parts of the Arab world.