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POPSAmerica a Rude Nation? Debating Public Decency Experts point to a variety of reasons for the apparent fall in civil standards: 1) The recession has placed many under heavy stress 2) The rise of the internet has fostered confrontational and provocative communications in which people get used to saying things they may never once have dared to utter face-to-face. These may be conditions that allow rudeness to rear its ugly head, but they are not excuses for it. Rudeness is rooted in lack of civility. If you don’t respect other people’s ideas, opinions, equality as compared to yourself, or simply their right to exist, it will be easy for you to resort to rudeness towards that person and you will be considered uncivil. We have been losing our civility for a long time now and I believe it is due to a lack of respect for others and ourselves.
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POPSClassy Cognac-Swigging Kanye West Boo-ed: Storms MTV Stage
The hip hop star, who had been swigging Hennessy cognac on the red carpet earlier in the night, was booed roundly by the celebrity-packed audience of thousands. And it was only the first category of the night. More... Feathers, a red lace mask and a bridal headdress... Lady GaGa stuns in five outrageous outfits at the MTV VMAs 'I abandoned him': Emotional Madonna laments losing touch with Michael Jackson during emotional MTV tribute Swift had breathlessly began her speech with the words, 'I always wondered what it would be like to maybe win one of these some day, but never actually thought it would happen'. But before she could continue any further, West leaped from his seat in the audience, ran onto the stage and rushed to grab the microphone as a bemused Swift struggled to take in what was happening. He appeared on stage with his name emblazoned in 10-foot-tall lights behind him and asked the audience to honour Michael Jackson by 'loving one another in his
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POPSTaylor swift you belong with me won the Best Female Video award Taylor Swift has won the Best Female Video award at the MTV Music Video Awards, beating Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, and annoying Kanye West no end! As Swift launched into her acceptance speech Kanye West jumped on the stage to protest, saying that Beyonce’s music video for Single Ladies was one of the best music videos of all time. Swift went on to perform “You Belong With Me” live on stage, in a set representing the streets of New York.