# Show some respect punk (Or: How can you diss Run-DMC?) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978 "2002-11-02T07:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978/21 "2002-11-04T12:09:12Z")
Am I the only one who was bothered by the use of “boy” to describe JMJ? He was hardly young enough to be called “boy” because of his age. I’m hoping that this is just an indication of Handsomeharry’s ignorance about the deceased and not an indication of something even worse. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978/22 "2002-11-04T12:34:48Z")
> [@](#): > > **Joe\_Cool** : Like I said, I’ve also heard nothing but good about JMJ, but at the same time, I’m annoyed at the free pass given to musicians and other entertainers. Hey you know, you’re right! He was just brutally murdered, and this is a thread concerned with showing him proper respect, so here and now is the perfect occasion to have a discussion about one of your pet peeves. Because it’s all about _you_, **Joe\_Cool**! Give me a call the day after your grandma dies so I can tell you what I think about women who trade sex for crack. Yeah, I know it’s unlikely that your grandma did that, but her death just made me think of it. Don’t know why. There’s no proof your grandma was a crack whore. But hey, nobody’s an angel and it’s a pet peeve of mine. I like to share them at opportune moments because concepts like mourning and tact are totally beyond my grasp. -fh ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978/23 "2002-11-04T23:08:41Z")
No, jackass, this is a thread concerned with ripping into somebody for making the horrible assumption that a guy who disliked somebody enough to storm into his recording studio and shoot him dead might have had some provocation. And a thread that opened with “I don’t give a fuck if he was in the hole to a thousand different Columbian drug lords. Does that go back and make his music have less of an impact of my life? On the world?” As if his musical contributions erase any wrong he may have done to anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978/24 "2002-11-04T23:10:20Z")
By the way, you seem to be lost. If you want the thread for showing him respect, you’ll [find it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=142040) over in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978/25 "2002-11-05T17:26:36Z")
I second that, **hazel-rah**. **Joe\_Cool** , the point is, JMJ _didn’t_ do anybody any wrong, as far as we know. You’re in here defending some jackass’ right to imply that he did. Well, you’re right: whatshisface _does_ have the right to make such _completely unfounded assumptions_. And we have the right to think he’s an asshole for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-some-respect-punk-or-how-can-you-diss-run-dmc/134978.md?page=1)