johnny rotten on palestinians

Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
edited July 2010 in A Moving Train
it's a long article but this is at the end, you can read the entire thing if you want to here

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 26051.html

What I do know, having hung out with him for an afternoon, is that he's still always spoiling for a fight. As we're about to say our goodbyes, he pulls a sheaf of faxes out of his pocket. They are complaints, e-mailed to his manager, John "Rambo" Stevens, who lives in Arkansas, complaining that PiL will shortly be performing in Israel. One, from a fan called Lawrence Casin, declares: "I will destroy all my albums and paraphernalia that I have collected over the years if you bastards play that hell hole."

Most musicians, particularly those who have been around for 30 years, wouldn't let hate mail upset them. They probably wouldn't even read it. But John's anger is genuine. He wants me to record it, for posterity. "I really resent the presumption that I'm going there to play to right-wing Nazi jews," he tells me. "If Elvis-fucking-Costello wants to pull out of a gig in Israel because he's suddenly got this compassion for Palestinians, then good on him. But I have absolutely one rule, right? Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated."

That's our Johnny Rotten. Always lively. Always entertaining. Often wrong. But, whatever you may think of him, never afraid to stick that bog-brush haircut exuberantly over the parapet.
don't compete; coexist

what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

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when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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  • TriumphantAngelTriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    interesting.

    i thought the sex pistols were against oppression and racisim, and the whole thing about anarchy in the UK reflected their feelings and disgust on those issues.

    never mind the bollocks, will the real johnny rotten show his face? do you just not give a shit anymore?

    :?
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    never mind the bollocks, will the real johnny rotten show his face? do you just not give a shit anymore?

    :?

    He makes adverts for butter FFS...
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    redrock wrote:
    never mind the bollocks, will the real johnny rotten show his face? do you just not give a shit anymore?

    :?

    He makes adverts for butter FFS...


    oh my..... :shock:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSE-Iy_tFY
    don't compete; coexist

    what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?

    "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama

    when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
    i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
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