Carmen (without the Raspberries) was the first concert I ever saw...along with Bob Seger (absolutely awful), and Sweet (amazing).

I'd say Carmen stole the show, but it wasn't quite that clear cut.

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also has a bit of a *dark *scifi *quality to it

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I think I can see where he's coming from with this, and the more open forms of racism there is an honesty that does seem less insidious. Open racism, like a fire in your house is not something you want, but at least you can see the problem right away and begin to address it (get the fuck out of the house!). But that more subtle form of racism is more like radon gas, can't see it, can't smell it, but it's slowly killing your ass (I feel terrible, I think I'll lie down and take a nap).

In America I think we've been living under the delusion that racism is a thing of the past, especially after electing a black President, but then we see how most of the racism has simply gone underground. And so, all that outwardly PC behavior is just for show, you can change how people act on the outside, but they're still the same on the inside and quietly act on those impulses, the rot is still there.

His examples of dirty jokes weren't even really genuine racism, amongst certain groups (guys in particular) razzing, busting your balls and such is usually a sign of acceptance and sometimes it takes on racial or ethnic tones, but with no real malice.

The decision not to show Carmen at the Sydney Opera House sounds like a classic case of PC overreach, how does not showing Carmen actually serve the anti-smoking cause? Let's ask how many kids started smoking because they saw that scene in Carmen? It's an absolutely useless and pointless gesture.

"The idea is that if you smoke during the flight e-cigarette you publicly display your addiction and that is not a good pedagogical example for others and so on and so on."

Or (far more likely) the airline realised that other passengers don't like people smoking around them in a confined space. You want to vape at home or outside? Knock yourself out. But kindly refrain from doing so in my cramped airspace. Otherwise, we'll test the old adage about how my right to swing my fist ends at your face.

He hasn't really presented any kind of decent argument here. Ok, the Carmen thing is stupid, but if you actually read the story behind that, it's because the Opera house was sponsored by a health company. Essentially they bowed to commercial pressure. Nothing to do with PC.

Even if WAS a "PC" decision, on what planet is that "a more dangerous form of totalitarianism"?

Someone decided they didn't want to stage an opera because there's smoking in it... oh no! Save us from opera-hitler!

Did the government step in and force them to do this? Nope, they made the decision themselves.

Same. The tween in me that used to watch "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" on PBS 20 years ago would probably hang his head in shame...

Yo man, birthday cheer (goin' for the gold!)-Also born on April 8, one of my fav-o-rite architects Richard Neutra (flat-slate roofs, lotsa glass, check his shit it's uber-retro-hip)-Also, this wonderful woman, one of the high priestesses of Jazz, Dame Carmen McCrae-Yer in hip company....

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You know, @Zawash, I thought I had seen this before and fully expected it to show up as a dupe before posting.

In fact, I even voted for it the first time. At least I am consistent in my tastes! Thanks for finding the dupe for me.

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Invocations (dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Habanera-from-Carmen-like-youve-never-seen-before) cannot be called by Zawash because Zawash is not privileged - sorry.

You get the Carmen Sandiego / Where's Waldo badge!

I saved your websites in my bookmarks. I did the carmen santiago poll just now.