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For me, I didnt see Yuja coming down the stage but a cheap hooker. Let her dress like a decent lady and I will be her number one fan. I'm no fan of hookers. Her dress is a disgrace.

^^^Not a very pleasant way to make your 666th post...

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Consider it a challenge to yourself. I say you'll gain more by contemplating that - no matter the outcome - than you ever would by objecting.

Edit: addressed to no one in particular. I should have said "one" instead of "you."

The irony! You decided not to listen to her play because you couldn't focus on the music because of the dress.. you couldn't stop thinking about tramps and "hookers". You are the bad kind of fan that she should probably seek to avoid, and I see that she's already been successful. Seeing that dress, all I thought was "Wow, that's gorgeous and she's a good looking pianist", not "Wow, she looks like a wh**e". The latter is what you seem to be focused on.

Your intolerant and bordering-on-tyrannical stance here has lowered you so much in my esteem. Not that you'd care, just thought you should know.

The only racism I saw was in Badorange's post.

Actually its the best way, putting down evil, wickedness and profanity is one of the most noble things that a anyone can do.

The other thing to consider Saul, is that you're representing you country too on a public forum like this. When people like you come out with such scathing comments, intolerant and tyrannical ones, it does shape the world's opinion about the part of the world you come from. I know its not ideal but that does happen you know? So later when people generalize and say "People from Saul's country are so uptight.. they are just intolerant and have a bad attitude towards women", realize that you were a direct cause for that perception to have developed.

Interesting philosophy you have there...'attack those who fight profanities'...

So I'm the bad guy for wanting women to have more dignity and self esteem and value then to cave in to the Porn Age poisonous fumes that contaminated our world?

Such a travesty of justice and a twisted view of things you have.

I don't think there is anything "indecent" about her dress, although the style is more suitable for e.g. a poolside cocktail party than a concert.

And I completely agree with BB Player.

It doesn't matter whether you wrap yourself up like a Muslim, or are in black suit or in a bikini. If you are good you are good. If you are bad, you are bad. There is no such thing as "she plays well, but I hate her dress so she is bad".
Grow up people!

Heck --- Yuja is just an old fashioned girl paying homage to the miniskirt fashion craze of the late 1960s. Back then, thousands of respectable young (and not so young) women wore those skirts, and it was considered quite acceptable. However, it was not universally condoned by all segments of society.....human nature being what it is.

I'm not uptight about anything. I'm telling you the truth. Women are above all these, they should be more respectful to themselves, by presenting themselves with certain dignity and class. I'm on their side, I want them to be appreciated, but for the right reasons, for their talents and charm, and real inner beauty, not the unsolicited tramp-like flaunting of their bodies to seek attention.

Artists push limits.
I think it's fine for female artists to push the limits of attire.

BTW, I see that the original article mentions Eve Queler. I hadn't known that she was someone who 'pushed those limits' in earlier days, even though I sort of know her: She and her family live near us, and we often see her daughter Liz (a performer herself) and son-in-law (a pianist) at the weekly softball game.

Eve will be performing up there in a couple of weeks, and we're going.

You're more then Welcome to enjoy Stalin's piano playing even if he was great as a pianist, I would have never been able to disassociate him for what he did. No one can separate the person from the artist. Its impossible. Evil always finds a way to appear even when performing music, the wicked cant shut out his wickedness when playing, and therefore he contaminates everything he does, like a dark spirit it envelopes its listeners and viewers.

For me an artist is a human being, not some kind of a game or a robot that I can separate according to my likes or dislikes. It just doesn’t work this way.

In my view? Yes.

Then it is really your own issue. I can offer no help.

Let her come out naked then, let her push it to the end, what's the problem ? if you show 80 percent of your body to complete strangers, why not go all the way? what's stopping her?

What stops her is the inner feeling and thought and realization that in her heart of hearts she knows that she is doing something wrong to firstly herself and then to others. Otherwise if its good why not all the way?

She understands that its inappropriate to do it, but she caved in to the pressures of a world growing more and more profane.

And as such she 'pushed the limit' as you suggested, but it makes no sense to stop it there, if its so good according to some here.

Let her 'push the limit' let her press it till the end, if what she is doing is so great and beautiful...

The fact that she doesn’t most vividly demonstrates that her actions are negative and deplorable, and that's all I'm saying.

Listen to your heart of hearts, listen to what is truly right and good, dont cave in, you know what's really good and proper.

Are you comparing a young woman wearing a dress that stops where her thigh stops to a tyrannical dictator who is directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people? How can you say that those two acts are both of the same "evil"?

Wow. Anyhow.

She wore a short dress. Can we talk about something interesting?

Perhaps you ought to express your views more explicitly. We got both extremes obviously covered.



Perhaps you should read his tirades again, if your stomach can take it.

I said push the limits. I didn't say be ridiculous.

I guess the issue is that we see the "limits" differently.

Its exactly the same, yes. Not in numbers or methods but in representation.

Stalin represents evil in the form of murders, deportations, etc...

She represented the porn industry and everything that is dark and wicked in today's world that celebrates profanity and the turning of women into men's playthings...

So I want her to be on the good side, not the bad.

Let her dress and behave like a lady, and she will represent goodness, and I will be more then happy to respect her.