LMAO. Wah…one extreme analogy after another, with the last two being the most absurd.
A singer, especially in the West, will face pressure from the media to conform to the kind of image and lifestyle that “sells” and unfortunately that entails the shedding of clothes amongst other things. Your daughter can prefer decency, try her best to maintain it, but it will be a constant external and internal battle. So, Rocetsocket has a point. And if Buttsb, with his analogy of lingerie modeling, was trying to make the point that this profession will lead to “other” things, he’s right. He was wrong in saying that a parent would automatically approve of their daughter doing lingerie modeling if they allow singing, but again it can lead to other types of media exposure and a smart parent won’t be oblivious to that.
Believing that refusal to allow singing as a profession equates all over rigidity where kids need to seek their parents’ approval to take a dump, to breathe, and bat their eyelashes is ridiculous…more so than Buttsb’s comment. The kind of open-mindedness which doesn’t take into account risks and negative consequences is nothing to be proud of. It’s not progressive if it’s damaging, it’s regressive. Some liberal views are not so liberating; they can come with greater shackles.
We’re all hypocrites in so many more serious ways than just refusing to allow your daughter to sing, but not having any qualms about listening to music yourself. Singing to door ki baat hai, many of us have trouble even praying five times a day and that too with punctuality. So if the argument is that we should fix our hypocrisy, then we should be starting at a more fundamental level. Wanting to keep our daughters safe from the dangers of the showbiz world automatically means that we approve of Taliban violence…
Wow, what an intelligent conclusion…that’s exactly the same kind of weak thought process that forms the dogma of the regime. Pakistan society is doomed to regress to the dark ages if we fail to produce more Desi Shakiras and Adriana Limas.
