It's all digital now, he could easily change it and re-release.
While I understand what you're saying, "easily" is about as far from the truth as can be. At *least* tens of thousands of CDs have been printed and distributed (probably more), and a media release like this is a hell of a freight train with a lot of moving parts. (Frankly, I would be a bit surprised if he even has enough control to make such a change at this point -- even an established artist works within a fairly constrained corporate environment. This isn't somebody making a video in his basement.)
Could it be done? Maybe, but even just changing the new copies going forward would probably cost at least tens of thousands of dollars, and scrapping what's already in the pipeline probably over a million. That's not "easily" by anyone's standards.
And I *completely* disagree with
"I had no idea" doesn't really hold much water for me.
When we were growing up, this usage was totally common, and carried no intentional malice. Yes, under the surface there was some Bad Culture there, and folks have begun to recognize that over the past couple of decades. But nobody loses their childhood patterning easily, and even someone who tries to keep up with rapidly-changing culture is going to miss some of those changes. (Heaven knows he does better than most 55-year-olds I know.)
I can understand the cringe, but mistakes happen. In a hate-filled world where political and media leaders *deliberately* throw worse insults than this regularly (and then rationalize their decisions to do so), it seems a bit unreasonable to refuse to accept a prompt apology for a dumb choice...
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Date: 2014-07-23 01:28 pm (UTC)While I understand what you're saying, "easily" is about as far from the truth as can be. At *least* tens of thousands of CDs have been printed and distributed (probably more), and a media release like this is a hell of a freight train with a lot of moving parts. (Frankly, I would be a bit surprised if he even has enough control to make such a change at this point -- even an established artist works within a fairly constrained corporate environment. This isn't somebody making a video in his basement.)
Could it be done? Maybe, but even just changing the new copies going forward would probably cost at least tens of thousands of dollars, and scrapping what's already in the pipeline probably over a million. That's not "easily" by anyone's standards.
And I *completely* disagree withWhen we were growing up, this usage was totally common, and carried no intentional malice. Yes, under the surface there was some Bad Culture there, and folks have begun to recognize that over the past couple of decades. But nobody loses their childhood patterning easily, and even someone who tries to keep up with rapidly-changing culture is going to miss some of those changes. (Heaven knows he does better than most 55-year-olds I know.)
I can understand the cringe, but mistakes happen. In a hate-filled world where political and media leaders *deliberately* throw worse insults than this regularly (and then rationalize their decisions to do so), it seems a bit unreasonable to refuse to accept a prompt apology for a dumb choice...