[kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims

[Karen Weil]

Ian Dury? Mr. "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"? Never! ; )

k.w.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "iPat" <pmdavies at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Sex Pistols singer faces race attack claims



> wasnt there so dont know

> however, the comments floating about bewilder me. I have seen many

> people completely relaxed and 'un-racist/discriminatory' in employment

> and socialising who behind their closed doors still refer to coons,

> chinks, paki bstrds, dykes, uphill gardeners, jon chapman, rag heads,

> spasos, cabbages. You can scare people to not behave in a certain way

> in public but you cant change their institutionalism through law. When

> the stress is on thats what surfaces.

>

> and the "i have a gay friend or a black man as a neighbour" is

> cringeworthy to the umpteenth degree

>

> When they tried to ban Ian Dury after his spasticus song - now thats funny

>

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> 

> wrote:

>>

>>

>> Been only tenuously following this thread, but felt compelled to weigh 

>> in.

>>

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