[Newsbot]

Title: City apologizes for 'inappropriate content' during rapper Belly's show as part of Canada Day festivities
Category: Showbiz
Posted By: shockedcanadian
Date: 2017-07-05 04:23:15
Canadian

[shockedcanadian]

Give it to Toronto to hire trash and call it "entertainment". No wonder Toronto is broke and 30% of it's chidren are living in poverty. They have money to burn in cursing, drug using rappers for a family event (oh, and the police are doing pretty good too...).

[Freakinoldguy]

Isn't this the same city that champions a parade that allows a goodly portion of it's participants to dress inappropriately, pretend to commit indecent acts and throw their personal sexuality in your face while pretending that, if those things offend you it's your fault and you should have just stay away and not watched?

So, why the sudden moral epiphany when a rapper uses "dirty" words? Seems to me anyone going to see a rapper should expect foul language and if they didn't want to hear those words it's their own fault and they should have stayed away just like the people above were supposed to do.

[Nuggie77]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Isn't this the same city that champions a parade that allows a goodly portion of it's participants to dress inappropriately, pretend to commit indecent acts and throw their personal sexuality in your face while pretending that, if those things offend you it's your fault and you should have just stay away and not watched?

So, why the sudden moral epiphany when a rapper uses "dirty" words? Seems to me anyone going to see a rapper should expect foul language and if they didn't want to hear those words it's their own fault and they should have stayed away just like the people above were supposed to do.

Pride parades have never pretended to be family friendly, unlike a Canada Day celebration hosted by the City.

[BRAH]

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[raydan]

Now rappers don't trust us.

[Freakinoldguy]

Nuggie77 Nuggie77:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Isn't this the same city that champions a parade that allows a goodly portion of it's participants to dress inappropriately, pretend to commit indecent acts and throw their personal sexuality in your face while pretending that, if those things offend you it's your fault and you should have just stay away and not watched?

So, why the sudden moral epiphany when a rapper uses "dirty" words? Seems to me anyone going to see a rapper should expect foul language and if they didn't want to hear those words it's their own fault and they should have stayed away just like the people above were supposed to do.

Pride parades have never pretended to be family friendly, unlike a Canada Day celebration hosted by the City.

Nice try but:

$1:

June is official Pride month in Toronto. Many think of Pride as weekend-long street parties and bar events, but as an attraction that draws close to two million people to the city, there’s something for everyone—including the kids.

Here’s how to celebrate Pride as a family.

Pride Parade
Central to the Pride experience is, of course, the annual Pride Parade. Starting at Church and Bloor and running about 3 hours, the parade is made up of a unique mix of organizations, companies and groups. Expect colourful costumes, floats, marching bands, community organizations (unions, churches, and sports associations have all been known to make an appearance), feathers, water guns, and lots of glitter. Last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the parade.

Remember to bring water and snacks and wear sun protection. If possible, leave strollers at home and take public transit. For families interested in being part of the parade, the TDSB contingent welcomes all TDSB-involved community members to join.

Sunday, June 25
2 p.m.

http://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/bes ... n-toronto/

So explain to me again why the Pride Parade gets away with it but some dipshit rapper gets crapped on for using foul language?

[BeaverFever]

I'm not upset about the profanity or the squawking of the pearl-clutching prudes, but the city should have expected it and they dropped the ball by not putting the standard boiler-plate "explicit lyrics" warning language on the advertising. I think it was all just sn oversight.

What really pisses me off is how Belly responded:

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Belly then tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that the event organizers were aware that he would be swearing during his performance. The tweet was later deleted.

His tweet “THEY WILL NEVER CENSOR MY ART,” was also later deleted.

He earlier tweeted: “That’s the beauty of living somewhere with REAL freedoms.”

Fuck you buddy. As if the bible-thumpers down south aren't a hundred times worse. Nobody's trying to censor you here.

[Coach85]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

I'm not upset about the profanity or the squawking of the pearl-clutching prudes, but the city should have expected it and they dropped the ball by not putting the standard boiler-plate "explicit lyrics" warning language on the advertising. I think it was all just sn oversight.

What really pisses me off is how Belly responded:

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Belly then tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that the event organizers were aware that he would be swearing during his performance. The tweet was later deleted.

His tweet “THEY WILL NEVER CENSOR MY ART,” was also later deleted.

He earlier tweeted: “That’s the beauty of living somewhere with REAL freedoms.”

Fuck you buddy. As if the bible-thumpers down south aren't a hundred times worse. Nobody's trying to censor you here.

He has a right to be pissed.

The City threw him to the wolves to save their own PR asses. Complete cop-out.

Meanwhile, the City promotes Pride as a family event and no apologies for semi-naked people and public masturbation.

Maybe if Belly whipped out his dick and put pasties on his nipples there wouldn't be controversy.

[BeaverFever]

Perhaps but that has nothing to do with "freedom" or "censorship"

[Freakinoldguy]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Perhaps but that has nothing to do with "freedom" or "censorship"

But it does pertain to stupidity. Anyone who hires a rapper for a "family friendly" event and then gets upset and throws him off the bridge when he goes off the rails is beyond thick especially since doing something like that is pretty much akin to hiring Snoop Dog to give the Nancy Reagan just "say no" speech at the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs convention. .