Twats.Blokes wearing dresses is always funny, PLUS anyone can wear whatever they bloody well like. Surely.
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 2:02,
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there was a good interview with them and some of the bands they argued/fought with in print years ago (mrr?).that i can't find now. too bad, it went through a lot of bands that refused to play with them. i did dig up an interview with dj where he sort of apologises.
" And do you know this homophobic bit that they keep saying about us? In short, years ago when we were first discovering Rastafari, I tried to explain to people that you grow. You’re growing. In Rastafari and even in Christianity, they disagree with homosexuality. That’s a known fact. So the point being here, when we first were discovering Rastafari – like any young men or any young women getting into anything – you’re overzealous. Back in 1988, I might have been saying, “Fire burn…” I’m 25 years old! You’ve got to understand that I’m a young man growing, getting into something. Now I’m 46 years old and I’ve learned that that’s ignorant. I’ve learned through the years that we’re all God’s children, regardless of your race, creed, color, sexuality, any of that.
You get people out there, that when we come back in the public eye, they immediately run and go, “Don’t like them. Those dudes hate. They’re homophobes.” What they’re doing is really just hating on us. H.R. wrote a song “Don’t Blow Bubbles” in 1988 and now still today there are people out there that won’t let that go. They don’t understand that we’ve grown. Just like anyone, I’m not ashamed to say, “Maybe I could have been…” Damn right, I was a homophobe! I shouldn’t have to explain that to the world because everyone will do that. That’s wisdom. You have to grow to be wise."
(" And do you know this homophobic bit that they keep saying about us? In short, years ago when we were first discovering Rastafari, I tried to explain to people that you grow. You’re growing. In Rastafari and even in Christianity, they disagree with homosexuality. That’s a known fact. So the point being here, when we first were discovering Rastafari – like any young men or any young women getting into anything – you’re overzealous. Back in 1988, I might have been saying, “Fire burn…” I’m 25 years old! You’ve got to understand that I’m a young man growing, getting into something. Now I’m 46 years old and I’ve learned that that’s ignorant. I’ve learned through the years that we’re all God’s children, regardless of your race, creed, color, sexuality, any of that.
You get people out there, that when we come back in the public eye, they immediately run and go, “Don’t like them. Those dudes hate. They’re homophobes.” What they’re doing is really just hating on us. H.R. wrote a song “Don’t Blow Bubbles” in 1988 and now still today there are people out there that won’t let that go. They don’t understand that we’ve grown. Just like anyone, I’m not ashamed to say, “Maybe I could have been…” Damn right, I was a homophobe! I shouldn’t have to explain that to the world because everyone will do that. That’s wisdom. You have to grow to be wise."
postbear has metal knees,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 2:09,
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Good heavens.The dood did some nifty backpedalling there, once his record sales were endangered.
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 2:17,
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he almost had a real apology that might have been convincing.but then he had to accuse people of hating them because they were bigots. that stance just makes me want to kick him (and everyone who uses it) in the face.
( postbear has metal knees,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 2:25,
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*donates some nails and a bit of broken glass*
( Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 2:34,
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