blood diamonds

Feb 25, 2007 15:40

VH1 made a documentary called Blood Diamonds where they took rappers to Sierra Leone so that they could understand the diamond crisis in Africa ( Read more... )

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swissarmyknife February 25 2007, 23:00:48 UTC
you are right, it's everyone's fault. but the hp hop industry does a lot to instill that feeling in yound people. that influence i think has made young european chavs, for example, walk around wearing gold chains and rings and whatever.

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oriflamma February 26 2007, 04:20:15 UTC
you're right and they do need to be confronted. at the same time, VH1 is owned by MTV; if they have such a problem with it they need to stop airing those videos. but that's never going to happen.

it's so embarrassing how it's seeped into other countries!

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swissarmyknife February 26 2007, 19:09:46 UTC
of course, but it's all a matter of who see each channel. they adapt the content to each end of the market. it desn't matter if they're being hypocritical or not. only the money matters. sometimes i think we should all just stop watching tv.

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oriflamma February 26 2007, 20:36:57 UTC
it makes me so paranoid. when i watch tv it's almost like..i'm testing myself. i'm too cynical to take it seriously and it amazes me how many people do.

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swissarmyknife February 26 2007, 23:53:25 UTC
it's true!

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