elag wrote:
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > elag wrote:
> >
> > > 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?
Very much so. It was all about looks and music but was easily turned into the right
wing uniform it is now representative of. When I see german kids wearing this stuff I
shudder.
>
>
> > 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?
>
Oh, def a rocker. Or a Greaser, as we were known back then... then a kind of hippy.
--
Paul.
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