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If there are monsters in the world - and I concede there are - then we contain both the worst and best - both ugliness and beauty. We are understandably frightened by the Dahlmers of the world because it once was human - it came into the world as a human being full of beauty and hope and spirit, but left as something unrecognizably different.
Music: I personally don't like rap (in fact, I find it pretty horrible) and some other kinds of music, but to deny it and other music I don't like is to be an arbiter of taste and I will not assume to be the censor for something I personally do not like.
I find many things beautiful, and I find some things so full of Saccharin that I could choke on the sweetness. Some will disagree with my preferences, and that's justifiably understandable. Sometimes, too, it takes time for appreication for art and music to develop - perhaps the human race is not there yet in order to fully appreciate some music and some art.
Interestingly, when we talk about that which gives us beauty, about that which we find beautiful and enlightening, by definition we are bound to leave out things which others might not agree belong on that list.
Don
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