Comments on: “Daggering” in Jamaica: A Dance Craze Gone Too Far?

By: Jean Meadows

Jean Meadows — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:34:05 +0000

At least they’re having fun doing what they want to do.

People don’t realize that dancing is an alternative to crime in places where blacks live under oppressed conditions (which is pretty much everywhere).

Personally, I wish Yellowman’s style would come back, but it probably won’t.

Sex is fun and positive — it sure beats blowing up the World Trade Center and blaming it on imaginary terrorists.

So I think we should let them have their scene (if that’s what they want) and try to tackle real problems like crime, war and racism.

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By: Pavle

Pavle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:44:02 +0000

@Jay. From a mature perspective, teenagers are biologicaly wired to be more concerned with smashing little Julie than the direction in which they want to take their lives. Sex is the purpose of life itself, to perpetuate itself, and dance is the most natural way to express sexual courtship. To dance in a sexual manner shouldn’t even be put in the category of rational thought or action become it’s emotional and instinctive at its core. That’s the way it always has been and always will be. If you think that this “laid back” society is going straight down the hill, check the middle ages when sexual repression was at an all time high, you think there weren’t STD’s and pregnant 13 year olds? Consorship or abstinence propaganda will never work because the biological drive is stronger than any social construct. For the most part, sexual restriction causes nothing more than personal complexes and psychological frustrations. What do you mean when you say “to distract people from what they really need to be thinking about”? Seems to me that every little action that people do whether its becoming an artist, doctor, lawyer, writer, basketball player, or what have you, can always be traced down to the desire to be more sexually attractive, even if at a subconcious level. Remember that 14 year old girls were more than capable of getting pregnant long before mass media came around.

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By: Raquin

Raquin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:41:48 +0000

If you want to stop this, you’re 20 years too late. Raggamuffin and Reggeaton are here to stay.

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By: K

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:03:50 +0000

EXACTLY what I was going to say. These are pretty tame (and less hilarious) by comparison

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By: Axel

Axel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:19:46 +0000

MAJOR LAZER PON DE FLOR

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:47:30 +0000

“Who gets to decide what constitutes “explicit sexual content,” after all?”

You make the assumption that explicit sexual content, by some definition or another is a bad thing that should not be allowed to be seen by the general public. I suggest you re-evaluate this line of thinking in order to decide whether or not censorship of “daggering” is justified.

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By: Annisa

Annisa — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:28:41 +0000

I think it’s kind of silly actually :s
It also kind of makes me feel bad for the declining morality of America when this looks tame to me compared to most other rap/hip hop stuff. -_-;;;
Oh well, freedom of speech, expression and all that stuff right? I don’t think they should have banned it anyway, considering people are going to continue listening and doing stuff progressively more risque despite, or maybe even because of, the ban XD

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By: Linda M.

Linda M. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:32:06 +0000

You said it well at the end: “Call me desensitized, but they don’t seem much more objectionable than your average rap video. (But of course, just because we allow tracks like “Candy Shop” to play in prime time doesn’t mean Jamaica necessarily should, too…)”

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By: Alliesha

Alliesha — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:01:25 +0000

It doesnt matter. thats how we like to get down. if u dont want ur child to watch or here it then do what u got to do then. Stop frunting on others (my) culture cause u cant do what they can. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB.

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By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:16:11 +0000

Everybody says it’s not that much of a big deal, but let’s think on a mature perspective here. If you had kids of the middle school age and they were at a school dance shaking their not-even-developed-behinds all around on all the little not-even-developed boys private parts, you’d be highly upset. For adults, if you choose to dance like that and exploit sexuality, you have the rational mind to do so, and you can deal with your conscious later. But these songs are now for the youth’s listening ears and this is what they hear. Instead of thinking about what direction they might want to take their life in, they are talking about how soon they could smash little Julie in the other homeroom. I have two nephews, 3 years old and 10 months, and I’m scared to death when they are ready to go to school. I’m not blaming it completely on the music, but I’m saying that the censorship should be there and parents need to regulate what the hell their kids see and hear. This laid-back society is going straight down the hill with this sex craze. All it is is to distract people from they really need to be thinking about. And we all know that was a good method because who isn’t a sexual being? Shame..
But I do say this, don’t place judgement on a 14 year old little girl who comes home with a positive pregnancy test or even a positive STD test. What do you expect when everytime you turn around there’s sex all up in everybodys faces. Damn sex is a beautiful thing, but for the mature– those who are able to deal with the consequences of sex on their own as an adult!

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