Following the news that some of the Jamaican anti-gay reggae singers have re-started to sing their hate songs, UK concerts have been cancelled and the former 'Truce' has been cancelled. Stop Murder Music campaign to re-start..
OutRage News Service..
July 7th. 11.03 am. ( Back to the music stores boyz and girlz and get their records removed !!! (etc)... p)
Buju Banton & Beenie Man concerts axed
Singers continue to urge the killing of gays, so the truce is over
London – 7 July 2006
Concerts by reggae stars Buju Banton and Beenie Man have been
cancelled in Brighton and Bournemouth following successful lobbying of
council leaders and police by local gay community organisations, with
the support of gay human rights group OutRage!
Banton had been due to perform in Brighton at the Concorde 2 venue on
5 July, and Beenie was scheduled to sing at Bournemouth International
Centre on 29 July.
The cancellation follows both singers’ repeated advocacy of the murder
of lesbians and gay men.
"We applaud the decision of the police and council to oppose the
performance of a singer who advocates the murder of gays and lesbians.
Incitement to murder is a criminal offence. Free speech does not
include the right to encourage the killing of other human beings,"
said Peter Tatchell of OutRage!
"Inciting the murder of gays is no different to inciting the murder of
Black or Jewish people. All incitements to murder are criminal
offences and should be prosecuted," he added.
OutRage! lobbied the police and council to use their powers (under
Section 161 of the Licensing Act 2003), which permit the police to
close a licensed premises on the grounds of a possible risk to public
safety and public order.
"It could be reasonably argued that the presence of a large number of
homophobic fans of an avowedly homophobic singer would threaten the
safety and security of the town’s gay citizens as the fans leave the
venue - a risk that would have been compounded by the presence of gay
bars not far from the vicinity of the concert," said Mr Tatchell.
Section 161 was used by Manchester police to halt a “murder music”
concert last year.
"We had an agreement. Buju Banton, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have
broken that agreement. As far as they are concerned, the truce is
over. The campaign against them has resumed. We will maintain the
truce with the other singers who have stuck by the agreement,” said Mr
Tatchell.
"Buju's records inciting homophobic murder are still on sale and Buju
is still profiting from his murder music," added Tatchell.
"We are told by human rights colleagues in Jamaica that that he has
publicly performed Boom Bye Bye in the last year.
"This song incites the murder of gay men. It urges people to shoot
gays in the head, pour acid over them and burn them alive.
“In April this year, on BBC Radio 1Xtra!, Banton defended Boom Bye Bye
and his violent homophobic hatred, claiming he was entitled to his
murderous opinions.
"Banton has never apologised for Boom Bye Bye. His record company did
apologise many, many years ago (in the early 1990s) but Banton then
repudiated the apology and reiterated his homophobic incitements to
murder.
"He has since regularly performed Boom Bye Bye. He has also
re-released Boom Bye Bye on compilation albums. These are not the
actions of a man who shows regret or remorse.
"Buju Banton narrowly escaped conviction earlier this year for a
violent assault on gay men in their home in Kingston, Jamaica. These
gay men are adamant that Banton was one of gang who homophobically
abused and beat them.
"Banton is an unrepentant homophobe who has incited the killing of gay
people. Inciting murder is a criminal offence in every country.
"Even if Banton agrees not to perform Boom Bye Bye, this is
unacceptable. To give him a concert platform would be the equivalent
of hosting a neo-Nazi singer on the condition that he promised not to
sing about gassing Jews.
"Since I am sure no venue would host a singer who called for the
lynching of black people, we expect the authorities to take a similar
tough stance against singers who call for the shooting and burning of
gay people.
"We want zero tolerance towards incitements to murder gays and
lesbians,” said Mr Tatchell.
"As well as Buju Banton, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have also
violated the agreement to end lyrics and statements inciting the
murder of gays and lesbians.
"The 'Last Hurrah' carnival concert in Jamaica, on 3 April 2005, was
sponsored by Supreme Ventures, Red Stripe beer and others.
"It is alleged by various people who were at the concert, and others
who watched it on TV, that both Beenie Man and Bounty Killer sang
songs, and / or made statements from the stage, which either
encouraged the murder of lesbians and gays, or reaffirmed their
previous encouragements to kill queers,” said Mr Tatchell.
It is reported that Beenie Man came on stage and sang a song he wrote
about not apologising for his lyrics that encourage the killing of gay
people.
He said words like:
"Me not apologising to no funnyman (gay man)".
This song and statement amounts to a reaffirmation of his previous
lyrics advocating the murder of lesbians and gay men.
Bounty Killer followed in a similar vein, saying:
"Man that come here to look pon man fi dead" (a man who comes here to
look on another man must die)
In the context, this was an incitement to kill gay men.
Other comments from the artists variously included:
"Fire fi the man dem that looking man" (burn gay men)
"Gunshot for a funnyman" (shoot gay men)
"Both Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have, in the view of the Jamaican
gay rights group J-Flag, broken the letter and the spirit of the
agreement we reached to suspend the Stop Murder Music campaign.
"The promoters of the Last Hurrah concert, including Red Stripe, have
taken a similar view. They announced the withdrawal of all sponsorship
from Beenie Man and Bounty Killer - and from events with which they
are involved," said Mr Tatchell.
Further information: Brett Lock OutRage! 07xxx xxxxxx.
ENDS
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July 7th. 11.03 am. ( Back to the music stores boyz and girlz and get their records removed !!! (etc)... p)
Buju Banton & Beenie Man concerts axed
Singers continue to urge the killing of gays, so the truce is over
London – 7 July 2006
Concerts by reggae stars Buju Banton and Beenie Man have been
cancelled in Brighton and Bournemouth following successful lobbying of
council leaders and police by local gay community organisations, with
the support of gay human rights group OutRage!
Banton had been due to perform in Brighton at the Concorde 2 venue on
5 July, and Beenie was scheduled to sing at Bournemouth International
Centre on 29 July.
The cancellation follows both singers’ repeated advocacy of the murder
of lesbians and gay men.
"We applaud the decision of the police and council to oppose the
performance of a singer who advocates the murder of gays and lesbians.
Incitement to murder is a criminal offence. Free speech does not
include the right to encourage the killing of other human beings,"
said Peter Tatchell of OutRage!
"Inciting the murder of gays is no different to inciting the murder of
Black or Jewish people. All incitements to murder are criminal
offences and should be prosecuted," he added.
OutRage! lobbied the police and council to use their powers (under
Section 161 of the Licensing Act 2003), which permit the police to
close a licensed premises on the grounds of a possible risk to public
safety and public order.
"It could be reasonably argued that the presence of a large number of
homophobic fans of an avowedly homophobic singer would threaten the
safety and security of the town’s gay citizens as the fans leave the
venue - a risk that would have been compounded by the presence of gay
bars not far from the vicinity of the concert," said Mr Tatchell.
Section 161 was used by Manchester police to halt a “murder music”
concert last year.
"We had an agreement. Buju Banton, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have
broken that agreement. As far as they are concerned, the truce is
over. The campaign against them has resumed. We will maintain the
truce with the other singers who have stuck by the agreement,” said Mr
Tatchell.
"Buju's records inciting homophobic murder are still on sale and Buju
is still profiting from his murder music," added Tatchell.
"We are told by human rights colleagues in Jamaica that that he has
publicly performed Boom Bye Bye in the last year.
"This song incites the murder of gay men. It urges people to shoot
gays in the head, pour acid over them and burn them alive.
“In April this year, on BBC Radio 1Xtra!, Banton defended Boom Bye Bye
and his violent homophobic hatred, claiming he was entitled to his
murderous opinions.
"Banton has never apologised for Boom Bye Bye. His record company did
apologise many, many years ago (in the early 1990s) but Banton then
repudiated the apology and reiterated his homophobic incitements to
murder.
"He has since regularly performed Boom Bye Bye. He has also
re-released Boom Bye Bye on compilation albums. These are not the
actions of a man who shows regret or remorse.
"Buju Banton narrowly escaped conviction earlier this year for a
violent assault on gay men in their home in Kingston, Jamaica. These
gay men are adamant that Banton was one of gang who homophobically
abused and beat them.
"Banton is an unrepentant homophobe who has incited the killing of gay
people. Inciting murder is a criminal offence in every country.
"Even if Banton agrees not to perform Boom Bye Bye, this is
unacceptable. To give him a concert platform would be the equivalent
of hosting a neo-Nazi singer on the condition that he promised not to
sing about gassing Jews.
"Since I am sure no venue would host a singer who called for the
lynching of black people, we expect the authorities to take a similar
tough stance against singers who call for the shooting and burning of
gay people.
"We want zero tolerance towards incitements to murder gays and
lesbians,” said Mr Tatchell.
"As well as Buju Banton, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have also
violated the agreement to end lyrics and statements inciting the
murder of gays and lesbians.
"The 'Last Hurrah' carnival concert in Jamaica, on 3 April 2005, was
sponsored by Supreme Ventures, Red Stripe beer and others.
"It is alleged by various people who were at the concert, and others
who watched it on TV, that both Beenie Man and Bounty Killer sang
songs, and / or made statements from the stage, which either
encouraged the murder of lesbians and gays, or reaffirmed their
previous encouragements to kill queers,” said Mr Tatchell.
It is reported that Beenie Man came on stage and sang a song he wrote
about not apologising for his lyrics that encourage the killing of gay
people.
He said words like:
"Me not apologising to no funnyman (gay man)".
This song and statement amounts to a reaffirmation of his previous
lyrics advocating the murder of lesbians and gay men.
Bounty Killer followed in a similar vein, saying:
"Man that come here to look pon man fi dead" (a man who comes here to
look on another man must die)
In the context, this was an incitement to kill gay men.
Other comments from the artists variously included:
"Fire fi the man dem that looking man" (burn gay men)
"Gunshot for a funnyman" (shoot gay men)
"Both Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have, in the view of the Jamaican
gay rights group J-Flag, broken the letter and the spirit of the
agreement we reached to suspend the Stop Murder Music campaign.
"The promoters of the Last Hurrah concert, including Red Stripe, have
taken a similar view. They announced the withdrawal of all sponsorship
from Beenie Man and Bounty Killer - and from events with which they
are involved," said Mr Tatchell.
Further information: Brett Lock OutRage! 07xxx xxxxxx.
ENDS
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Let me guess, the non-aligned nations are against war with Iran?
07.07.2006 18:10
Indeed, one of the most evil propagandists, responsible for a whole stream of non-fiction race-hate, Ann Coulter, proudly visited our nation a few days ago. No doubt the only action Tatchell took against this proud friend of Blair was to see if he could have lunch with 'her' ('it' would be a more accurate biological description).
Meanwhile, hyper right-wing author Frederick Forsyth is a shareholder in the Blair-serving terrorist organisation known as Aegis, in the news recently for the video showing Aegis employees traveling around Iraq spaying automatic gunfire into civilians. What, 'pirate' has no problem with the words of this person either- oh my gosh I am so suprised.
When Hitler was preparing for a future of death camps and genocide, his propaganda masters were under strict instruction to hit the jews in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, so that these people felt under a total state of siege. While the nazis were scrubbed clean in the press coverage, German people were fed a constant diet of 'bad jew' this, and 'bad jew' that. Monsters like Goebbels smirked in the knowledge that initially, selective reporting would allow much of the anti-jewish commentary to be based on minor 'truths', blown out of all proportion when compared to the non-reported crimes of the nazis, even at that stage.
AGGRESSIVE WAR REQUIRES THAT THE TARGETS ARE PROPAGANDISED AS SUB-HUMAN. 'pirate' and Tatchell, regardless of any 'truth' or otherwise in their articles, are fully engaged in this nazi-style black propaganda. The events in Gaza, WHICH BLAIR AND HIS SUPPORTERS CAUSED BY GIVING FULL POLITICAL BACKING TO THE MONSTERS THAT RULE ISRAEL, are a billion times more important than the idiot attitudes that people of no power currently have about each other. However, priorities are all too easily manipulated, as Hitler and Blair's propaganda masters know.
Ethnic groups are under constant attack by people like Tatchell and 'pirate' to ensure that they develop a corrupt and compliant leadership dedicated to pleasing the current dominant political force in UK politics, namely Blair. Those that refuse to follow this path can then be described as 'extremist' , 'racist', 'sexist', or whatever, and such charges backed-up with the usual method of selective reporting.
It may come as a suprise to some naive readers that Blair's boys are as interested in attacking 'blacks' as 'muslims'. For those that pay attention, the latest group of dark-skinned Humans to be set up under a 'terrorist-conspiracy' charge in the US were NOT muslim. When the crusades hit the Middle East, it wasn't being muslim that got you murdered, but being non-European.
BLAIR'S PROGRAM OF AGGRESSIVE WARS DEMANDS THAT THE VICTIMS ARE PORTRAYED AS BEING SUB-HUMAN.
Goebbels knew that 'orthodox' jewish cults had many strange practices and attitudes. Guess how he used this information? Well, look again at the structure of the article above, and you need guess no longer. Some people DO sing songs with unpleasant lyrics, because they and their friends HAVE carried out the acts sung about. Recently, we had the US 'marine' with his song about war crimes he and his buddies had carried out against women and children in Iraq on behalf of Blair. What? 'pirate's selective reporting, nazi-style, forgot to mention that. Once again, I am so suprised.
When people act clearly on behalf of the butchers that currently rule the world, and only ever attack the actions of members of the victim group, but never attack the actions of members of the aggressor group, you have BLACK PROPAGANDA of the purest kind.
Fair and balanced and honest reporting will reflect statistics. Thus, at a time like this, you should see stories attacking Blair's acts of rape, torture and mass-murder hundreds of thousands of times more commonly than a story, say, about the idiot attitude of some Carribean singer. However, on a site like this, at a probability of billions-to-one if a consequence merely of randomness, you see less than 50% of the articles exposing the crimes of Blair.
As Humans, we learn by spotting patterns (the actual meaning of what it is to be intelligent). The pattern of propaganda found on this site, and in the mass media, can thus be compared with nazi era propaganda, and found to be identical in method and intent. The loud noise constantly demonises the enemies of Blair, regardless of truth. Those that willingly work with Blair are protected as much as possible from exposure, criticism, and just punishment, regardless of truth.
Blair's friends can advocate the extermination of whole nations of Humans in their writing, and watch as their dreams come true, without a murmer from people like 'pirate'.
I would love to live in a world where I could afford time to care about working-class people from less advanced nations expressing opinions common-place in the UK only a few years back. Instead, I have to trust that in time they will advance, just as we advanced. If we defeated the evil of Blair (which should be the ONLY immediate political goal of every good person), we would set an example that would speed up this rate of advancement as much as possible. With Blair still in power, those whose evils are miniscule in comparison to our own can correctly say "who are you to preach". Worse, with Blair in power, the magnitude of the evils for which we are directly responsible grow daily.
If you really still don't understand my words, do this mind experiment. Imagine yourself a citizen of 1930's Germany (most of them were, sadly, nice people like yourself) reading yet another article posted by 'pirate' bashing Hitler's targetted victim groups. Some of the previous articles have seemed to you fairly obviously pro-war, but THIS article has changed tack, focusing on the minor 'crimes' of a couple of named individuals. You find yourself kind of agreeing with it... Now move yourself forward as the same person having survived the horrors of WW2, living in the 1950's. Your view of the propaganda methods of the nazis is now crystal clear. Truth, half-truth or lies, the constant radio and newspaper attacks on the people's that Hitler wanted seen as 'sub-human' served a purpose that you now understand completely. YOU NOW REALISE THAT IT WASN'T WHAT HITLER'S PROPAGANDA MASTERS SAID, BUT ***WHY*** THEY SAID IT. People were either for Hitler or against him, and heaven help them if they were against him. Likewise, you now understand all too well why the nazi press made a cult of the soldier as the brave hero, battling for the safety of the homeland. In your head you scream, why did ***I*** allow them to distract me from demanding knowledge about the daily crimes of the nazis. Why did I allow them to bombard me with crap about the jews until even ***I*** found stuff I could agree with.
Tatchell has NEVER EVER worked to hurt Blair, or Blair's war aims. Tatchell has worked tirelessly to attack those that Blair has clearly defined as ***his*** enemies. (if you wonder why the Carribean is coming under attack, I suggest you learn something about the non-aligned nations, and the role they have to play in the politics of the coming war against Iran).
twilight
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08.07.2006 00:01
Can't wait to see the diplomatic giants of Carribean flex their powerful muscles in the UN and bring the world order down.
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So...
08.07.2006 15:07
So,it wasn't Peter Tatchell I saw on all those anti-war demo's attacking Bliar, Bush etc..
and much else against this Orwellian Government?
Maybe it was twilight, moonlighting?? I think not, twiglet is soo blinkered he's barely able
to leave home, being unable to see that bigotry is a part of the very system he hates and
needs to be challenged wherever it is and whomever is involved, so stays indoors posting
these silly rants instead...
pirate