18 years and counting

[gfish]

I've been seeing this article being passed around quite a bit the last few days: Isn't Sinead O’Connor Overdue A Massive, Groveling Apology From Absolutely Everybody?

It raises some excellent points, none of which I want to get into here. Mostly, it just made me think of watching that episode of SNL when it happened, and how completely clueless I was about popular culture at the time. I became media aware fairly at a fairly late age, being the typical reclusive geek all my life. SNL was one of the shows I consciously watched not so much because I liked it, but because I knew I needed to start understanding references better. I wasn't even really paying attention when she ripped up the photo, since the music guests usually bored me. I mostly remember being a bit confused about why Sandra Day O'Connor was singing on SNL. Yes, I confused the singer for the supreme court justice. I didn't even recognize the photo at the time, I didn't realize what had happened until news stories about it the next couple of days. As an obnoxiously militant little atheist, I mostly just thought it was all pretty cool. I didn't even pay attention to the why she had done it -- I think I thought it was some Ireland Protestant/Catholic thing.

So, yeah, I guess my main response boils down to: I used to be a real dork.

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[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I watched the video of her getting "booed off the stage" at a Bob Dylan tribute concert later on (which isn't actually what happened, and which is an amazing show of courage; I was shaking after watching it) and read her Op-ed piece linked in there, as well.

I wasn't at all aware of what or why it happened at the time either, and I have less excuse than you.