Well done, the nation: you’ve just realised that two entertainers who are well-known for stepping over the mark have done just that.
- Number of complaints after the details of the misdemeanour got to the press: 18,000
- Number of complaints from people who actually heard the show: 9
Ah, and the “spear chucker” comment! oh the irony that the people who’ve complained aren’t the ones affected by it (not that anyone has been affected at all). I particularly admired the chutzpah displayed
by Lucy Hagan (one of daily shitrag The Sun’s supreme idiots), on dragging out this little gem: “Maori New Zealander John Witanga won £11,000 in a race discrimination case in 2003 after being called a spear chucker in his first week at catering firm Rail Gourmet, of Edinburgh.”
Dear listener, you may notice here that Mr Witanga was not a Competitive Lance Projection Professional, but in fact a Nourishment Preparation Technician. Meaning that the reason he was called a spear chucker was not because he’s a spear chucker, but because his boss was a cunt. Once more, for clarity: his boss said “spear chucker” because he was a racist shit. Jim Rosenthal said “spear chucker” because Tessa Sanderson chucks spears. Chucking spears formed the near-entirety of her working life. Spears she did chuck and that’s the end of it.
The main reason and thrust of this rant is in fact Gary Glitter’s music being pulled from the GCSE Music syllabus. You see, dear reader, this is a little something we in the industry call “art”. A bit technical, I know but you get the idea. The point of art being the art itself, and not the morals of the person behind it. Conversely, look at Damien Hirst’s work. Lovely person that I’m sure he is, it doesn’t stop The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living being shit.
Still, the Righteous Indignants must have their way. So in the traditions of angry mobs and bandwagons, I’m calling for the following to be banned:
- Elvis, Hendrix, and the Beatles:
sorry loves, due to your private drug use and (lord help us) songs about drug use (yes, Lennon, I’m talking to you) your works are to be banned immediately. No matter how influential.
- Winehouse and Doherty:
just because you’re still alive, doesn’t mean you’re not to be banned too.
- Wagner:
now there’s a nasty chap. Hitler liked him, didn’t you know? Oh, and in that case you couldn’t possibly mention Hitler in a history classes, or pretty much anything from the Bible when it comes to
Religious Education. Oh, wait, maybe there is an upside to this after all.
Now let’s get this sick filth banned!
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