LETTERS: Irresponsible parents, vulgar TV, music violence...
Don't blame the mall for Bieber mayhem
I was in Roosevelt Field Mall Christmas shopping when a throng of young teens mobbed the stores where they had come to see teen rock star Justin Bieber ["Security, where are you now?" Editorials, Nov. 24].
My two teenage children were in school, where they were supposed to be. I do not blame the mall or its security staff or the record producer for the mayhem.
Why did these parents take their kids out of school for this event? Why were these kids permitted to curse at police officers who were there trying to protect them from getting hurt? If you wonder why these kids were out of control, take a good look at who is raising them.
Pearl Russo
Blue PointGyrations not ready for network TV
I was disgusted by some of the acts on the American Music Awards broadcast on ABC ["Adam kisses off Sunday's critics," News, Nov. 24]. Lady GaGa's body suit might as well have been transparent, it was so revealing. Breaking glass, flaming pianos and suggestive gyrations were more for Las Vegas than ABC coming into our living rooms. Adam Lambert's closing number was in bad taste, with sexual innovations bordering on porn. Adam was one of my favorites on "American Idol." He is talented without moves that look like something in an X-rated movie.
Young people were watching this show. What does this show them?
Take the act to a nightclub, not national TV.
Doris A. Schneider
FlandersSo-called art by a so-called role model
Hardly a week goes by that we don't read about another teenage shooting victim, the latest a 15-year-old in Brentwood ["Gathering turns deadly," News, Nov. 22]. This is why I was disturbed to read Newsday's review of 50 Cent's latest CD ["Fifty covers all the bases," Explore LI, Nov. 17]. The reviewer was impressed by the lyrics, which included the line: "your homies shoot dogs, my - shoot people."
This kind of material, legitimized as art, ensures that young people, with "role models" like 50 Cent, will continue the violence, while the so-called artists safely live their lavish lifestyles.
Jeff Gullotta
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Elaine Peters
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