[kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims

[ade]

Nice one - yep, I don't think there are any Guardian writers here, just 'round the corner from
Smethwick - of course I'm here, but what the fuck do I know, I only live here? ;)
 
Those knob-heads patronise at length, while they go home to their nice houses/hoods...

-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of sade1
Sent: 22 July 2008 23:03
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims



   Racism doesn't exist, it is a fig'leaf of your imagination. And notice how deniers 

usually live/work/play further and further away from an actual representative sampling 

of the society they're trying to purif' *erm* 'help'?

  Starts to look like a car mechanic working under the hood (sorry, 'bonnet') while the owner is forcing his "backseat driver" diagnoses on the mechanic. 

 

 

... ... ... ... ... ... 

[looking at the current state of things]

'Save me...
  save me from Tomorrow..
   I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...!'   


--- On Tue, 7/22/08, ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:


From: ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 4:32 AM


Years ago, my asian/muslim mate (Moh) was recounting to me the time his car

overheated & he was fucking about under the bonnet, trying to sort it out.

He reminisced about how he went to a nearby shop to get some help & was

embarrassed 'cos his hands were covered in oil & were black from it. It

was just a conversation about car woes.



At this point my black friend jumped in & started challenging seriously as

to "What's wrong with having black hands?"



It occurred to me & Moh that the prick was nothing more than a race-card

playing wanker, of which there are MANY. You know, those people that my lefty

friends don't believe exist.



Sounds a bit like this story too, though I admit my bias in favour of Lydon.

Nevertheless, I can imagine his thicko mates behaving in typical grunt fashion,

but was that John? We shall see...





ade.



PS. I LOVE DOUBLE-STANDARDS, OF COURSE THEY DON'T HARM SOCIETY & BREED

RESENTMENT - THAT'S FOR RACISTS. Whatever 'racist' means these

days. INJUSTICE FOR ALL!!!!!







-----Original Message-----

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Darren A. Peace

Sent: 22 July 2008 10:05

To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

Subject: Re: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims





I quite like Bloc Party in an angular, I'm aware of the beat combo known as

Gang Of Four m'lud, but with mildly irritating vocals, sort of way. They

have gone down in my estimation as a result of this, however; smacks too

much of publicity-seeking to me. I really don't understand why it's

inappropriate for someone to have a "black" attitude to anything;

it's

entirely possible to have a Christian, or Welsh, or male attitude, so why

not a black one? All of these are generalisations, but since when is making

generalisations verboten? Pleased they illustrated the article with such a

neutral picture of Mr Lydon, though.



Even the article makes clear that anything even whiffing mildly of racism

came from Lydon's "associates" rather than from him. Good on them

for

punching Ricky Wilson, too.



Darren

Hungerford, UK



-----Original Message-----

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

Behalf Of Brendan

Sent: 22 July 2008 09:35

To: gathering at misera.net

Subject: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims



Oh dear. I don't know Bloc Party from a bar of soap really but this sounds

bad...



http://www.stuff.co.nz/4627133a1860.html







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