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Originally posted by ManDown
You summed up exactly how I feel. People are so quick to say, "revenge won't solve anything and murder is no better than rape", but in a situation like that, it doesn't apply. Rihanna was showing strength and bravery when she killed her attacker in the video. Sometimes, especially in the Caribbean and Africa, there is no justice for the victims. They end up being blamed for what happens to them. The justice systems there are ******, and so the only form of justice they end up getting is murdering them. That is why Rihanna killed him. I'm glad she made the video. I'm glad it had the plot and storyline it had. I see nothing wrong with the video. And, if anything, it has opened my eyes to the evils of the world.
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Exactly!
In the Arabic culture, if the woman is raped, it's her fault no matter what. No man will agree to marry her because she's no longer a virgin, and she's no longer "pure", and she's has been touched by a man before. The woman gets blamed for what happened even though it's not her fault. And in
some (SOME, not all. It's probably rare but it still exist, and it probably happens in more places but doesn't get Media coverage) areas in Brazil, if there's a known rapist around the era and the women complain, instead of arresting the rapist,
they suggest the women to move town. Yupp, that's just how ****ed up our world is.
Besides, Rihanna is just portraying a character in the music video. Music video isn't just to promote a single, it's also a form of art, a way the artist and the director may express themselves through. And I guess that's how Rihanna & Anthony Mandler tried to pass the feeling, vibe of the song, through this storyline. It's not real. It's a got damn made up story in a ****ing music video. The parents should be ashamed if their children don't know the difference between Reality and Fiction, and stop blaming it on Pop artists.
I seriously cannot with these annoying little gnats at the PTC always nagging about the dumbest ****.
Ri is just bringing some murder from films into her video. So what?
