NationStates Jolt Archive

Issue number 85 that has to do with illegal file sharing is offensive for the following reason:

In the issue, one of the options to accept is the rapper's statement.

The completely stereotypical person who created the issue had the rapper make completely bizarre statements such as "yo, dang blizzity blang yo". Excuse me, but as a hip-hop fan, rappers do not speak like that. This is a stereotypical and offensive gesture obviously by a non hip-hop fan who most likely hates the music.

I request that this issue be edited.

i'm sure that this won't happen. Not in a million years.


Issues arn't ment to represent real life. This is a fictional world that nations are in, so thus the issues are fictional.

No. Issues are supposed to be extreme and stereotypical. We haven't edited for the christians, jews, nazis, anarchist, wiccans, Republicans, Democrats, atheists, deists, liberals, conservatives, sci-fi fans, luddites, arsonists, poets, fascists, monarchists, capitalists, communists, socialists, anarcho-primitavists, Star Trek fans, Star Trek haters, pet lovers, pet haters, BDSM fetishists, prudes, perverts, or anybody else, you're not going to get an edit either.

"yo, dang blizzity blang yo". Excuse me, but as a hip-hop fan, rappers do not speak like that.

This get's today's O RLY? [or fo' shizzle, if you prefer] award.

It's like my mother always told me
Rana rana rana rana rana rana rana rana rana rana and codeine...

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 ,4, 3, 2, 1
Ready or not here we come, here comes trouble in the club
11, 12, 13, pistols big as M-16's
How the fuck we sneak in with this many heaters in our jeans
Nina, two nina's, a peice and they don't even see us
Some shit pops off we squeeze each one, they gonna think it's machine guns
Vanos vo vano, bananas in our flannels
Hands around our colt handles, hold them like roman candles
So, vannas vo vannas, banana fanna fo fannas
Who come back all bananas, banana clips loaded
Managers, bouncers, and the club owners, the motherfuckers don't want us
To come up on and rush in the club and run up in it with a bunch of
Motherfuckers from Runyan, steady poppin them onions
Ready set to go nut up, prepare to tear the whole club up...

Enough with your motherfucking tough talk, you're soft
Get your balls blew off, from a sawedoff, Fa' raw dawg?
Crazier then all y'all, what you like the navy when I'm angry
You'll never catch me hanging in a lops car
All I have is thought of, breathing evil
Desert Eagles will eat through people...

Also, when a real rapper claims to be offended, we might take it seriously. You getting offended on their behalf is just silly.

Wow...a hip hop fan and a NS player...that's a first. But, seriously, rappers talk like that.

No. Issues are supposed to be extreme and stereotypical. We haven't edited for the christians, jews, nazis, anarchist, wiccans, Republicans, Democrats, atheists, deists, liberals, conservatives, sci-fi fans, luddites, arsonists, poets, fascists, monarchists, capitalists, communists, socialists, anarcho-primitavists, Star Trek fans, Star Trek haters, pet lovers, pet haters, BDSM fetishists, prudes, perverts, or anybody else, you're not going to get an edit either.

You forgot the Jehovah's Witnesses. ;)

This get's today's O RLY? [or fo' shizzle, if you prefer] award.







Also, when a real rapper claims to be offended, we might take it seriously. You getting offended on their behalf is just silly.
Eminem is a terrible rapper, please don't quote him.

rappers talk like that.
No they don't.

Actually, yeah they do. And for God's sake, do you see me complaining about how they steorotype Christians? No, and its a much bigger deal than rappers.

While I don't mind the extreme effects of issue decisions, I disagree with the wording of the majority of player submitted issues. They are written in a much too apparent way, and will discourage many people from choosing any of the options, and may even lead to an outright dismissal. Who actually uses 'We should be able to rip their guts out with a machine gun, no questions asked' in an argument to allow householders to shoot burglars?

The original 30 issues were so much more subtle (I'm not implying anything about anyone's writing skills here :p), and I would choose the most sensible one only to find my country literally in anarchy the next day. I think future issues should be written more like Max Barry's and be much less 'obvious'.

Eminem is a terrible rapper, please don't quote him.

Agreed. Also, as someone who appreciates rap myself, I can honestly say I didn't find it the least bit offensive.

Eminem is a terrible rapper, please don't quote him.Whee! No True Scotsman!