jimnyc
02-28-2014, 01:09 PM
Granted though, this is self censorship.
Katy Perry, who I am no fan of, and have no interest in. She lets out a new song and video, and immediately it is labeled "blasphemous" and a petition is made to force a change. She went along with it, as I'm sure she's concerned about $$$ down the road. But really, people need to get lives and remember what freedom of speech is. If you don't like what she sings or what's in her videos, simply don't listen or tune in.
Apparently signing an Internet petition can actually achieve a desired result.
Katy Perry's video for her chart-topping song "Dark Horse" has been edited to remove an Arabic reference deemed blasphemous by a Change.org petition.
Shazad Iqbal, 22, posted the complaint, demanding that the video be removed from YouTube. "At 01:15 into the video Dark Horse; a man is shown being burned, whilst wearing a pendant (also burned) forming the word 'Allah,' which is the Arabic word for God," he wrote.
Iqbal describes Perry's Cleopatra-inspired persona as an opposition to God that "engulfs the believer and the word God in flames."
http://i.imgur.com/RDIAVUH.jpg
Perry's video went online a week ago. The petition followed a few days later and has received more than 60,000 supporters. On Wednesday, Iqbal and his supporters declared victory: A new version of Perry's video uploaded to her YouTube and Vevo channels has digitally scrubbed the offending pendant.
Iqbal credits the petition with prompting the change.
"We couldn't have done it without everyone's support so I thank each and every one of your deeply, our voices have been heard!" Iqbal wrote.
Perry dismissed any ill intent in a statement, saying she was "just trying to give a beautiful performance about a place I have so much love for … with no other thought besides it."
The controversy has received mixed reactions on Twitter:
http://i.imgur.com/v8X2rYt.jpg
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/playing-with-magic-backfires-on-katy-perry-s--dark-horse--video-183042137.html
Katy Perry, who I am no fan of, and have no interest in. She lets out a new song and video, and immediately it is labeled "blasphemous" and a petition is made to force a change. She went along with it, as I'm sure she's concerned about $$$ down the road. But really, people need to get lives and remember what freedom of speech is. If you don't like what she sings or what's in her videos, simply don't listen or tune in.
Apparently signing an Internet petition can actually achieve a desired result.
Katy Perry's video for her chart-topping song "Dark Horse" has been edited to remove an Arabic reference deemed blasphemous by a Change.org petition.
Shazad Iqbal, 22, posted the complaint, demanding that the video be removed from YouTube. "At 01:15 into the video Dark Horse; a man is shown being burned, whilst wearing a pendant (also burned) forming the word 'Allah,' which is the Arabic word for God," he wrote.
Iqbal describes Perry's Cleopatra-inspired persona as an opposition to God that "engulfs the believer and the word God in flames."
http://i.imgur.com/RDIAVUH.jpg
Perry's video went online a week ago. The petition followed a few days later and has received more than 60,000 supporters. On Wednesday, Iqbal and his supporters declared victory: A new version of Perry's video uploaded to her YouTube and Vevo channels has digitally scrubbed the offending pendant.
Iqbal credits the petition with prompting the change.
"We couldn't have done it without everyone's support so I thank each and every one of your deeply, our voices have been heard!" Iqbal wrote.
Perry dismissed any ill intent in a statement, saying she was "just trying to give a beautiful performance about a place I have so much love for … with no other thought besides it."
The controversy has received mixed reactions on Twitter:
http://i.imgur.com/v8X2rYt.jpg
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/playing-with-magic-backfires-on-katy-perry-s--dark-horse--video-183042137.html