The SM people are being threatened with lawsuits for
staging Lady Gaga’s two Manila shows this May 21 and 22, 2012. What’s more,
Lady Gaga herself could be jailed daw for years because of some anti-immorality
law (Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code).
(Ex-Cong. Benny Abante, the Biblemode Youth Philippines
and other saintly people must be thrilled at the publicity they’re getting thanks
to the Born This Way tour!)
Lady Gaga’s imprisonment, as fascistic as it may be, will
have its benefits:
1.
US’ withdrawal of military support, end of ‘Balikatan’
training. The US government may choose to let Lady Gaga rot in prison, but may terminate
whatever assistance it provides the Philippine government. As lovers of freedom
know, foreign aid and nation building make bitches out of the ‘benefiting’
natives. Imperialism divides the country into the politically privileged
minority and their subjects. The less of it, the better. Of course, such a
withdrawal of US troops would also mean a humbling of Malacañang,
which until now thinks it can afford to act arrogant against China.
2.
Lady Gaga, an unabashed Democrat, may just see
for herself the horrors of entrusting the state with people’s lives, whether it
be with regards to freedom of expression, or in the universalizing of
parasitism known as Obamacare. Thus enlightened, Lady Gaga might then write a
libertarian album in prison, thus promoting principles of freedom for a new
generation to appreciate.
3.
In connection with #2, it might be good for the
lady born as Stefani Germanotta to be isolated from the rest of the world, so
as to come up with original ideas (‘You and I’ is basically 4 Non Blondes’ ‘What’s
up?’; compare ‘Marry the night’ with J. Lo’s ‘Waiting for tonight’; ‘I like it
rough’ is to Depeche Mode’s ‘Strangelove,’ etc.).
4.
To the benefit of Ladlad (transl. ‘Coming Out’),
reportedly the world’s sole political party for gay people, they just might
have a willing spokesperson extolling being ‘born that way.’ Of course, pro-gay legislation is bullshit
discrimination itself and anti-freedom, but it’d be interesting to see
legislative campaigns with Lady Gaga in them. (This is contrary to #2, but in case you haven
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5.
No more foreign acts coming to the Philippines.
Who’d want to come here at the risk of being incarcerated for having written an
‘immoral’ song or two? Even old acts such as America or Air Supply can have
some songs interpreted satanically. For example, ‘Every woman in the world’
promotes adultery of a sort, in that the singer is practically fantasizing about
making love with many women. And when these groups stop coming over to provide
oldies with nostalgic trips, maybe people will live in the present more.
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