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From: elag <elag@cloud8.net>
Newsgroups: alt.surrealism
Subject: Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:07:46 -0400
Organization: de mortuis nil nisi bonum
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > >
> > > Parry wrote:
> > >
> > > > elag wrote:
> > > > > I'm not beyond feeling some apprehension based on people's appearance,
> > > > > at times. After all, it is in part a defense mechanism,
> > > >
> > > > I also have an initial prejudice caused by certain ways of dress --
> > > > particularly business suits, cop-military uniforms, and white collars or
> > > > other religious regalia. Skin colour not so much, except for chemical
> > > > tans.
> > > >
> > > > -- Parry
> > >
> > > yes, we're all probably guilty of that. We judge a lot by what people are
> > > wearing... specially if that person wears denim, boots, has a shaved head
> > > and a swastika tatoo.
> >
> > Hmmm... I love (black) denim and I always wear combat boots... I've had
> > a (partly) shaved head. I wouldn't wear a swastika and I don't like
> > what it stood for, but I've always kind of liked it as a design... and
> > the fact that it shows up in nearly every culture on earth (I've seen
> > them in Pompeii) and is still considered a sacred symbol among (for
> > example) Hindus.
> >
> > I even made a veailed ref to these factoids in my thesis film, though I
> > replaced swastikas w/ spirals. which are nearly as common.
> >
> > It's a shame a perfectly good symbol/design was ruined.
> >
> > --
> > Replace "8" with "9" to reply.
>
> Agreed. I was a skinhead, at least in appearance, when it was simply a fashion.
Was that the kind that listened to ska and wore bomber jackets?
> As it became more obviously linked with racism and fascism I swapped for long
> hair and flares.
But were you a mod or a rocker?
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Replace "8" with "9" to reply.
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