I know this is going to be controversial for some, but Iâm gunna say it anyway, sorry Iâve gotta rant.
This is where radio falls into a hole of believing everybody feels this way, mostly because of all the noise on social media.
Yes the fires are devastating & I feel very sorry for those who have lost some or everything, or their lives, but I havenât been affected directly, & Iâve got my own problems in life to deal with, so do I get upset when I here a song about burning or fire, No I Donât.
Itâs just more of the Political Correctness bull dust weâve been dealing with for the past few years.
Social Media has done this to society, that everyone (well not everyone), is, or has to be involved in everyone else lives, & most people on social media seem to post everything they do, thinking everyone is interested in them eating toast or having a crap before going to work.
Itâs just like the Michael Jackson issues a few months ago, when some stations stopped playing MJ songs because some people couldnât deal with the allegations about him being a pedophile, & canât seperate the man from the music. All for them to bring the MJ songs back to air a few weeks later & now itâs like it never happened.
Smooth FM was one of those & I chose not to listen to them until the MJ songs returned.
Itâs not the radio programmers place to censor what I listen to because some canât deal with it, your job is to entertain me, if I donât like what your doing Iâll censor my own life & tune to another station.
Iâve heard a number of stations still playing burn or fire songs, so those minority stations (though SCA isnât a minority) might lose out?
Also they say theyâre doing it out of respect for those who have lost, but those people/communities are still the minority of Australia, what respect do the rest of us get for moving on with our lives the best we can with our own problems, which could be family members addicted to drugs, or having depression & wanting to commit suicide?
Itâs more of the Me Too thing, where people have to join the band wagon thinking they must feel sorry & bad, otherwise you might be seen as having a mental problem & not being sympathetic, whereas in reality itâs the opposite, if you feel bad about every bad or unhappy piece of news you hear, you do have a mental problem & are heading for deep depression, you canât take other peoples problems & everything bad to heart, itâs not healthy & generally doesnât help the other people, & it certainly wonât help you in the long run.
Give money or other items or volunteer to physically help people who are down on their luck, but the token gestures are only self indulgent.