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Date Posted: 13:10:03 08/01/04 Thursday
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In reply to:
Mr Lloyd
's message, "Re: Wow, what an amazing breakthrough!" on 11:42:47 08/01/04 Thursday
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>I think the point here is - to some people they ARE
>funny. As for being PC and not "taking the mickey out
>of disabled people" perhaps you would consider the 2
>BAFTA's that the BBC programme The Office won - even
>though there was an element of "mickey taking" about
>disabled people in there. Maybe I missed the crowds
>of wheelchair users gathered outside holding signs
>aloft demanding the programme axed.
I think you will find the object of the humour was David Brent. The girl in the wheelchair was used to expose Brents ignorance oulining his failable character. Making him the point of humour, rather than us as an audince laughing at a girl in a wheelchair. Wheras BAS just use people that are disabled to directly laugh at. do you see the difference? I know that you do, because you have expressed yourself very eloquently if a little wrongly. Unless you yourself find people in wheelchairs amusing?
>If they wrote songs about disabilities in general -
>Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy etc, or even hate
>songs about ethnic groups then perhaps you would have
>a valid point and they would indeed be bigots. As
>they are targeting Heather Mills as an individual,
>they will of course target the one thing that is most
>famous about her (apart from Macca). It is indeed in
>bad taste, but you have failed to ask these three
>questions - yeah? and? so? what?
I think you will find they target a mulitude of people with disabilities not just heather Mills, which leads to another problem with me and BAS, the fact that there "humour" is so so so easy to do, and ultimatley incredibly boring. You can strip it down to Classroom level. Can you remeber being at school? "oh look at Jonny Smith" "He has got Big ears, lets laugh at how big his ears are" In the case of "Adult Band" BAS its, oooo lets find someone that has a some difficulties (in this case Heather MillS et al) and laugh at them. All very very childish and simple. Its exactley the same just on a different level.
>If you don't like it, don't go - but to force your
>rhetoric on others seems a little blinkered. I think
>most of the people who attend the gig will not, as a
>result, "grow up" and become bigotted and Nazi's.
For the last time I AM NOT GOING, and I fully agree most people who attend the gig will not "grow up" and becoming biggoted, but is it worth sowing a tiny seed in the mind of someone vulnerable? I think not. as for being a Nazi maybe you presses the lead singers views on jews and black people you will find it a little disturbing. Didnt he used to be in some sort of Rock band? I heard a rumour his bandmates had to pull an interview a magazine did with him because he was expressing his fascist right wing views a little to freely? Or good sir of you of the same political leaning as him? I sincerley hope not.
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>Your reaction perhaps is a little alarmist. I have
>worked with disabled people for 5 1/2 years and can't
>think of one who would take offence. Same as when I
>hear somone mocking big ears, I don't immediately take
>offence (mine are huge).
My reaction is not alarmist, I just dont like BAS, I think there jokes are far too easy, and wholly unpleasent. If any of the things they sing about happened to them........they wouldnt be singing. I find them two faced, childish, borish, uncouth, dirty, unintelligent, and a quite frankly.......shit.
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>Thanks so much! lecture over
Lecture??????
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