Reply To: [TW: rape] Helping Sea Monkeys with triggers (at karaoke and otherwise), was: JCCC4 Post-Mortem
I don’t object to the spirit of @villicious’s suggestion, but by itself, I don’t believe the solution is simple nor reasonable. At best, it is a bandaid. What you’re suggesting puts an unfair amount of responsibility on the karaoke host, to know the entire karaoke library, to be familiar with a monstrous number of songs, and to be familiar with common controversies and triggers associated with music (and that doesn’t even cover the less than common spectrum). I know for certain I would be terrified to have that responsibility, and I would unquestionably lean towards the deny side of the subjective spectrum for fear of screwing up. That doesn’t strike me as creating a positive karaoke experience for everyone, just shifting the negative side somewhere else.