I think we better hide away those early albums now then!
Things you fecken hate..........
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If a 70 ton boulder can be removed from the grounds of a US university because it was termed a 'n***rhead' in 1925 and BLM weren't happy about it, anything is possible!jason wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 10:47I think we better hide away those early albums now then!
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Re: Things you fecken hate..........
Quite right too.
Don't think there's any chance The Stranglers will change their name. Nearest you'll get is those "contains lyrics some people might find offensive" or similar.
Jim
Don't think there's any chance The Stranglers will change their name. Nearest you'll get is those "contains lyrics some people might find offensive" or similar.
Jim
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
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If the boulder story is "quite right too" then The Stranglers must remove IFLAW from all available formats and make amends to the black community.theraven1979 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:05 Quite right too.
Don't think there's any chance The Stranglers will change their name. Nearest you'll get is those "contains lyrics some people might find offensive" or similar.
Jim
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Can't say I agree with you but that's your opinion.
Jim
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8088 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:08If the boulder story is "quite right too" then The Stranglers must remove IFLAW from all available formats and make amends to the black community.theraven1979 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:05 Quite right too.
Don't think there's any chance The Stranglers will change their name. Nearest you'll get is those "contains lyrics some people might find offensive" or similar.
Jim
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
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How can you agree a boulder called The Chamberlin Rock is racist and needs to be removed so it doesn't offend but a song that is easily interpreted by many as racist can stay?theraven1979 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:12 Can't say I agree with you but that's your opinion.
Jim
8088 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:08If the boulder story is "quite right too" then The Stranglers must remove IFLAW from all available formats and make amends to the black community.theraven1979 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:05 Quite right too.
Don't think there's any chance The Stranglers will change their name. Nearest you'll get is those "contains lyrics some people might find offensive" or similar.
Jim
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Well the fact that IFLAW is an anti-racist song.
Jim
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8088 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 11:15How can you agree a boulder called The Chamberlain Rock is racist and needs to be removed so it doesn't offend but a song that is easily interpreted by many as racist can stay?
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
Re: Things you fecken hate..........
Which is an interpretation I largely agree with but most wouldn't.
Strange how you are happy to agree a rock is racist though and had to be removed at massive expense...because of a newspaper headline in 1925?
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Yeah, it's quite understandable why they - or any person of colour - would be unhappy with that. Not a difficult conclusion to reach at all for anyone with the capability and imagination to put themselves in another persons shoes.
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Also, I couldn't imagine The Stranglers having to change their name at this point in time, although it's probably never helped them commercially as much as it initially worked. As for their early lyrics? A censored title on the sleeve and a sticker with a trigger warning on it seems the most likely outcome.
Lovely to see ol' droney here is so passionate about rocks though, particularly ones named after racial slurs. SAVE ARE ROX!
Lovely to see ol' droney here is so passionate about rocks though, particularly ones named after racial slurs. SAVE ARE ROX!
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It wasn't named after a racial slur - it's called The Chamberlin Rock.StanInBlack wrote: ↑11 Aug 2021, 12:16 Lovely to see ol' droney here is so passionate about rocks though, particularly ones named after racial slurs. SAVE ARE ROX!
Fascinating that you've eschewed the main component of this discussion and opted for your usual character assassination.
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You know exactly what I'm referring to, and regarding your second point you really don't help yourself at all.