So Amy Winehouse is now a racist?
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So Amy Winehouse is now a racist?
If she really did sing that song I find it totally unacceptable
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/0806_am ... rack.shtml
She sang a racist version of "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".
Clearly she is a troubled person and needs help because of her drug problem, however there is no excuse for this behaviour
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/0806_am ... rack.shtml
She sang a racist version of "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".
Clearly she is a troubled person and needs help because of her drug problem, however there is no excuse for this behaviour
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The video also mentions gay people too. I don't see that being picked up on.
It just looks like they're having a laugh and while the subject matter is very dubious I'm not sure it should be taken seriously. We've all laughed at jokes which others may find offensive.
I'd be surprised if Amy Winehouse is racist, her songs are very black orientated.
It strikes me as the News of the World doing their usual best to cause trouble. The whole article is rather despicable, sure we shouldn't be please with Amy's behaviour but the article is clearly designed to be as vile towards her as possible.
It just looks like they're having a laugh and while the subject matter is very dubious I'm not sure it should be taken seriously. We've all laughed at jokes which others may find offensive.
I'd be surprised if Amy Winehouse is racist, her songs are very black orientated.
It strikes me as the News of the World doing their usual best to cause trouble. The whole article is rather despicable, sure we shouldn't be please with Amy's behaviour but the article is clearly designed to be as vile towards her as possible.
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I know we have a had a laugh at some point Brad but I don't find what Winehouse sang funny. She's singing a racist song for fun and basically offends anybody who isnt white/straight. It's not even funny.
She definitely sang it, that is very wrong.
HOWEVER, I question the context the video was filmed in. Afterwards the guy says "Well done, I promise I wasnt recording it" (er, but he was otherwise we wouldnt have a video??) - was she encouraged to sing it when she doesnt really know what she's saying?
She definitely sang it, that is very wrong.
HOWEVER, I question the context the video was filmed in. Afterwards the guy says "Well done, I promise I wasnt recording it" (er, but he was otherwise we wouldnt have a video??) - was she encouraged to sing it when she doesnt really know what she's saying?
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Why would anyone care about a useless drug addict singing a racist song?
She's an entertainer, not a role model.
As far as I'm concerned, she can say whatever she wants about pakis, gooks and niggers. Her brain is so fucked up, she can't even understand what's she doing anyway.
As Romero said: kill her and put her out of her misery.
She's an entertainer, not a role model.
As far as I'm concerned, she can say whatever she wants about pakis, gooks and niggers. Her brain is so fucked up, she can't even understand what's she doing anyway.
As Romero said: kill her and put her out of her misery.
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Me either but I bet you've laughed at jokes others may find offensive. Many jokes are at the expensive of others. I just meant it doesn't across to me to be taken all that seriously.grim_tales wrote:I know we have a had a laugh at some point Brad but I don't find what Winehouse sang funny.
To be fair she is singing it in private, she even makes a point of asking it not be filmed. People should be allowed to have their own personal opinions "in private". If she had sung that song in public it would've been very different. I seriously dislike the BNP but they are a popular party in some parts of the country.grim_tales wrote:She's singing a racist song for fun and basically offends anybody who isnt white/straight. It's not even funny.
You cannot control what people personally think, not that I think Amy actually thinks what she said, for the reasons Tom mentioned. The video is clearly taken out of context and has been edited in a vindictive manner.
Too true. She could've been off her face, probably in fact.grim_tales wrote:HOWEVER, I question the context the video was filmed in. Was she encouraged to sing it when she doesnt really know what she's saying?
I do. She's a major talent. Just like I ultimately care what happens to Michael Jackson, and he's far more ill than Winehouse is.tom2681 wrote:Why would anyone care about a useless drug addict singing a racist song?
Agreed. As Grim says people do look up to celebrities way more than ever before. There was a time kids looked to explorers etc..., not any more.tom2681 wrote:She's an entertainer, not a role model.
Agreed.tom2681 wrote:Her brain is so fucked up, she can't even understand what's she doing anyway.
As Grim says, that's extreme.tom2681 wrote:As Romero said: kill her and put her out of her misery.
I wouldn't want anyone to die, except in rare cases (such as the early Hitler). Death is always very extreme and should never be taken as lightly as you or Romero are doing. She's only speaking racist terms, that's not a basis to have someone killed.
It's American Military slang for someone from South East Asia and maybe Far East Asian too:grim_tales wrote:I'm not sure but what is a "gook"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gook#G
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When Romero and I come to power, we will revolutionize the justice system:
Pain of death for all offences (from shoplifting to mass murder).
No more Amy Winehouse, no more Lindsay Lohan...
Pain of death for all offences (from shoplifting to mass murder).
No more Amy Winehouse, no more Lindsay Lohan...
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Now I'm just "that weird french guy with a cat avatar who comes to BnB once a year for no reason and then disappears again".
Now I'm just "that weird french guy with a cat avatar who comes to BnB once a year for no reason and then disappears again".
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Huh? Have you watched the video? . They're all clearly on drugs, drink or both and are just having a (dubious laugh).grim_tales wrote:You think he set her up?
It doesn't look like anyone is setting anyone up and her boyfriend is just having a laugh, claiming to have stopped filming when he's not. The News of the World saw this and as usual have twisted it into something it's not.
Dude you're reading way too much into it.