| Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford |
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| elag (elag@cloud8.net) |
2004/01/05 21:42 |
Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > elag wrote:
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> > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
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> > > > > Parry wrote:
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> > > > > > 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,
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> > > > > > 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.
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> > > > > > -- Parry
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> > > > > 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.
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > I even made a veailed ref to these factoids in my thesis film, though I
> > > > replaced swastikas w/ spirals. which are nearly as common.
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> > > > It's a shame a perfectly good symbol/design was ruined.
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> > > > Replace "8" with "9" to reply.
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> > > Agreed. I was a skinhead, at least in appearance, when it was simply a fashion.
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> > Was that the kind that listened to ska and wore bomber jackets?
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> 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.
Yeah... N@zi Skins Fuck Off! (to paraphrase Jello Biafra)
You know, hereabouts there's even "skinheads against racism"... but I
have mostly only run into the types who carry Gestapo key rings and
crack skulls.
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> > > As it became more obviously linked with racism and fascism I swapped for long
> > > hair and flares.
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> > But were you a mod or a rocker?
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> Oh, def a rocker. Or a Greaser, as we were known back then... then a kind of hippy.
I thought maybe you were a "mocker" a la John Lennon!
So, what kind of hippy? Not the Carnaby Street variety, I wager.
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