Unpopular/Controversial Opinions #3

Toby Turner:

Weeeeeell, that's up for debate. A great deal has been lied about Marie Antoinette by the perpetrators of the French Revolution. For example, the phrase "let them eat cake" appeared some fifty years before she said it. She also spent more than the entire Royal Family combined on charity work.

I'm not saying she was a great person or anything but she doesn't deserve half the rap she gets.

Actually, I've heard that "let them eat cake" was never said at all.
My teacher said that it's a common misconception.

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Like Machiavelli, I don't think moral values effect the choices a prince(leader) makes.

Adam Gontier.:

Actually, I've heard that "let them eat cake" was never said at all.
My teacher said that it's a common misconception.

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Like Machiavelli, I don't think moral values effect the choices a prince(leader) makes.

Let them eat cake is from a book by Rousseau.

Takanori Matsumoto.:

i don't think there is anything to admire about marie antoinette. she almost ruined the french economy, single-handedly, with her outlandish spending. and she gave absolutely no shits about her people.

i don't really care how pretty her dresses were; she wasn't a good person.

I don't think she was so bad and instead too stupid/ignorant to realize that France was in such a bad state. :shifty: Still not a good thing but I do believe one of the main reason she's given a lot of flak was simply because she was Austrian and a member of the royal family.

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I find pianists much more sexier than guitarists/bassists/whatnot. This is assuming they don't play anything other than their respective instrument.

I don't think that Sid Vicious was a good bassist. At all.
Let's face it, during the time he preformed the promised show with Johnny Thunders, he was so terrible that Thunders unplugged his bass. Mind you, this took place during the deepest point in Thunders' heroin addiction. Thunders was absolutely horrid when he was high (though brilliant in the late years after the methadone treatments), but Vicious was even worse. He hardly knew any chords, he's even on record himself saying that he's horrible. I will, though, say that he had the attitude that helped carve punk music, though the Pistols were a bunch of con artists. Malcolm McLaren, anyone? Of course Sex Pistols' "fans" have no clue who that is or what he did... I think it's the attitude overall that attracts people to Vicious, which, in that case, I will agree--he was good at it. But, bass? Please. Most of the people that say such things are the ones that have Sex Pistols shirts instead of records.

"Sid Vicious was just a tragic boy that had a dream but didn't have the power or talent to achieve it." - Sylvian Sylvain

I don't care for avas with celebrities.

I don't think babies are that cute. I don't know, maybe I'm too much of a stoic.

I think you can always express your opinion without being a complete jerk about it.

Apparently, this concept doesn't exist on Facebook.

I'm not a fan of Kat Von D. I don't think her tattooing skill is as amazing as so many people believe, either. To me, she comes across as rather arrogant and she seems to act as though she's entitled to fame and fortune and such. A lot of people who have gotten tattoos from her aren't satisfied at all, it seems, and a lot of people who've run across her say that her attitude is rather poor as well. (I'm going off of reviews of her shop and people who encountered her there while getting tattooed...)

I dislike every type of sport. I don't see how somebody can sit on the couch for hours and watch the Superbowl or one of the ending games that everybody makes a big deal over, but that's just me.

I don't see why when a celebrity has a sex tape leaked it is such a scandalous event. I don't see why sex tapes are scandalous to begin with. Some people like to video tape themselves having sex, so what? I'm sure it isn't the worse thing people could be doing with their spare time.

^ I think it's most scandalous to the celebrity because it was something they meant to keep private. It's not really about the sex (porn is everywhere), it's about the original intent. People feel like they're being exposed to something secret and private about a celebs life (which they are) and that's what gets them excited - the fact that it was never meant for them to see.

If the sex tape wasn't leaked but purposely given to the public (like, let's say, posted to a celebs blog by that celeb), it wouldn't have half the effect it usually does.

^ I agree with you but I am going to reword what I said because I don't think it came out right, what I meant. I don't understand why people "look-down" on those who have sex tapes. Especially when they had nothing to do with the distribution of them. I'm sure not everyone who has made a sex tape thought that they were ever going to be seen by other people. But maybe that's my just naivety.

Bob Dylan:

I don't think that Sid Vicious was a good bassist. At all.
Let's face it, during the time he preformed the promised show with Johnny Thunders, he was so terrible that Thunders unplugged his bass. Mind you, this took place during the deepest point in Thunders' heroin addiction. Thunders was absolutely horrid when he was high (though brilliant in the late years after the methadone treatments), but Vicious was even worse. He hardly knew any chords, he's even on record himself saying that he's horrible. I will, though, say that he had the attitude that helped carve punk music, though the Pistols were a bunch of con artists. Malcolm McLaren, anyone? Of course Sex Pistols' "fans" have no clue who that is or what he did... I think it's the attitude overall that attracts people to Vicious, which, in that case, I will agree--he was good at it. But, bass? Please. Most of the people that say such things are the ones that have Sex Pistols shirts instead of records.

"Sid Vicious was just a tragic boy that had a dream but didn't have the power or talent to achieve it." - Sylvian Sylvain

I don't like the Sex Pistols, at all. It's ridiculous to me how overrated they are.

I think saying, "Well, it was a joke," is a really, really weak way to try and justify saying something really offensive, especially when it's a blatant lie.

Bob Dylan:

I don't think that Sid Vicious was a good bassist. At all.

He wasn't, you're right, but I've never heard anyone argue that he was anything other than a good persona for the band. I thought everyone knew he could barely play? And he didn't particularly need to anyway, on TV shows every artist used backing tracks, and at their shows I doubt their fans particularly cared how accurate the music sounded. The Sex Pistols were a general shambles. I don't dislike them, though.

Cereal Killer:

I don't like the Sex Pistols, at all. It's ridiculous to me how overrated they are.

They changed the course of music history, along with The Clash. Granted The Clash are better musicians and songwriters, but I still don't think that makes them overrated. They had a big impact on the state of England at the time. They defaced an image of the Queen and were the most controversial thing ever to hit the charts. They deserve their lime light.

While I know they didn't push these ideas themselves, the art work and the music, they were the face of the revolution. They changed a lot of peoples lives, and in my eyes, that counts for a lot. I don't see many artists these days doing anything against the grain with a purpose.

^. A group of people and me at my school were having this argument. I've heard others say it, too. I said in my first post that it's usually always the people that have the shirts and not the records...therefor, the people that don't really listen to their material.

Thylacine:

I don't think babies are that cute. I don't know, maybe I'm too much of a stoic.

This.

I find babies quite creepy.
In general, kids under 5 give me the jeebs.

Bob Dylan:

^. A group of people and me at my school were having this argument. I've heard others say it, too. I said in my first post that it's usually always the people that have the shirts and not the records...therefor, the people that don't really listen to their material.

I think people have the tshirts not the records because while their music wasn't great, the message in their image resonates with a lot more people.

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I don't think you really understand what I'm trying to say. At all.

I'm talking about the "fans" who wear their shirts, but still talk about how great their material was. It might not be something you've encountered personally, but I have. And it's happened quite a lot.

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I agree extremely about the Pistols being overrated. Simply because of what huge copy-cats they all were. Malcolm McLaren absolutely ripped off the Dolls as much as he could with the Sex Pistols. They just took what the Dolls were doing to a larger extreme and made it more commercialized.

I dislike smoke classic rock bands and most 80s rock bands, but I can appreciate the stuff they did. I just don't particularly care for it.