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[J-DraGoNz]

QUOTE - stephinika
please stop with the raps with only the point to diss one another. thanks.

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QUOTE - AkaRyux
It's not that he's actually dissing Jason; it's just not necessary to make these stupid "raps". If they wanted to joke with each other, they could just do it in private because people like DJ are just littering the writing forum with this annoying shit. Other people who made Jason dissing raps had their topics closed. I don't see why this hasn't been closed yet.

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Okay, I don't see why you have to close these threads. Just because you don't appreciate a part of hip hop for what it is (not all but some of you) doesn't necessarily give you the right to just close down threads and attack people for doing something they enjoy. Battling is a part of rapping and the hip hop culture. How can you not consider a "rap" writing? Lots of lyrics have many aspects of poetry such as metaphors and alliteration and multi-syllable rhyme schemes. If you guys dislike it soooooo much, why don't you atleast bring another sub forum for it. If not, this malfeasance has got to stop. I know im a new member and all and I know that there are already people who don't like me and most of you don't know me but shit, hip hop is something I love so why should I or anyone else be stifled from presenting hip hop in lyrical writing or battle tracks?


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http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90719

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90639

[*disco infiltrator*]

If the point is to humiliate and degrade someone, that is member bashing, whether you want it to be or not.

[*basick*]

If the point is to humiliate and degrade someone, that is member bashing, whether you want it to be or not.

No it's not. There are topics in forum games called, "diss the member above you", 'burn", and "say something positive or negative about the person above you". It's all in good fun. When you play an individual sport, the point of the game is to beat your opponent. I won't say you hate rap, but maybe it's an unfamiliarity with hip hop culture. Are we supposed to be unintellegent to the point where we do not recognize the difference between an offending statement and a playful war of words? Isn't that what debate is all about anyways?

As long as both parties involved in the battle agree to the battle, there should be no problem. While the spectators might take it as member bashing, the participants do not take any offense. If it is an diss to a member for no reason, then it should be closed. Like when Jason make a member about Jordan in lounge for no reason and Jordan not knowing about it, if a member made a topic in writing like that it should be closed. I admit that the writing in these battles are subpar but since when are topics in writing closed because the content in it is not the greatest? I think that is more offending than a "rap battle" anyways.

[*disco infiltrator*]

No it's not. There are topics in forum games called, "diss the member above you", 'burn", and "say something positive or negative about the person above you". It's all in good fun. When you play an individual sport, the point of the game is to beat your opponent. I won't say you hate rap, but maybe it's an unfamiliarity with hip hop culture. Are we supposed to be unintellegent to the point where we do not recognize the difference between an offending statement and a playful war of words? Isn't that what debate is all about anyways?

As long as both parties involved in the battle agree to the battle, there should be no problem. While the spectators might take it as member bashing, the participants do not take any offense. If it is an diss to a member for no reason, then it should be closed. Like when Jason make a member about Jordan in lounge for no reason and Jordan not knowing about it, if a member made a topic in writing like that it should be closed. I admit that the writing in these battles are subpar but since when are topics in writing closed because the content in it is not the greatest? I think that is more offending than a "rap battle" anyways.

And all of those are in forum games. So everyone understands it's just a game. When someone posts something in Writing, it's meant to be a serious, thought-out artistic piece. Not something that's meant to be a joke.