[kj] Vienna

[Alexander Smith]

"Apparently the Scientologists use the term for anyone they consider  
ignorant"


Mr.Pot, Call on Line Two from a Mr. Kettle.


Fuck the Scientologists.

Alex in NYC



On Sunday, March 27, 2005, at 11:10 AM, iPat wrote:

> The Golliwog began life as a story book character created by Florence
> Kate Upton. Upton was born in 1873 in Flushing, New York, to English
> parents who had emigrated to the United States in 1870. When Upton was
> fourteen, her father died and, shortly thereafter, the family returned
> to England.
>
> The term Wog was around before that referring to Western Oriental  
> Gentlemen
>
> Apparently the Scientologists use the term for anyone they consider  
> ignorant.
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:42:57 -0000, peter.west410
> <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> "What is a wog?"
>>
>>    Its an abusive term for black people,I think it originates from  
>> the word
>> "Golliwogs".It would say it was a term used in the 70s ,before racism  
>> was
>> banned.
>>
>>      PW
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <GregSlawson at aol.com>
>> To: <gathering at misera.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kj] Vienna
>>
>>> Actually, the Stranglers album I first posted about was "Dreamtime",  
>>> not
>>> "Aural Sculpture". Again, it is so different from their early stuff.  
>>> What
>> the
>>> fuck? I feel like a wog!
>>> P.S. What is a wog? Never hear the term in the US.
>>> P.P.S Good to hear some people are trying to have fun at the shows.  
>>> Some
>> 80s
>>> bands that play here, the audience just stands there. Moshing and  
>>> slamming
>> has
>>> been co-opted by the horrible "hardcore" metal scene, which seems to  
>>> be
>> big
>>> now.
>>>
>>
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> organisation, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual,
> nor through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He
> has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the
> understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and
> not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection..."
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