Disorder can be outlawed; disrespect, not so much

By Lee Cataluna

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 05, 2012

~~<p>When funk music great Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band wrote the song "Disrespect" in 1985, as the story goes, it was directed at Prince, who had thrown him out of a concert when he tried to join Mr. Purple Rain onstage. Those musicians don't like to be interrupted or upstaged.</p>
<p>When Calvin Say wrote the "disrespect" bill, the thought was that he might have had a certain concert-crasher in mind, though Say says that's not the case. Legislators don't like to be interrupted or upstaged. Regardless, the result is a funky piece of proposed legislation, but not good-funky. Just funky.</p>
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When funk music great Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band wrote the song "Disrespect" in 1985, as the story goes, it was directed at Prince, who had thrown him out of a concert when he tried to join Mr. Purple Rain onstage. Those musicians don't like to be interrupted or upstaged.

When Calvin Say wrote the "disrespect" bill, the thought was that he might have had a certain concert-crasher in mind, though Say says that's not the case. Legislators don't like to be interrupted or upstaged. Regardless, the result is a funky piece of proposed legislation, but not good-funky. Just funky. Login for more...