Re: Bid to arrest reggae star

"Papa Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> it would be interesting if they arrested Bounty (I doubt it but I don't
live
> in the UK)
> unlike the US, the UK has an established religion, the Church of England,
> supported by taxes
> this religion includes the book of Romans where Christian gay-killing is
> mandated

Christian gay-killing mandated?
Is this the killing of gay people by Christians?
   -Or is it the killing of gay Christians?
     -and if it's the killing of gay people by Christians, who is
going to do the killing, the gay C of E Vicar?

As we say in England   -  "Poppycock!"

Besides , I reccommend that you re-read the Epistle of the Apostle Paul
to the Romans   -I think mandatery killing is a little wide of the mark!
> maybe Bounty should hand out Bibles at his UK concerts
>
> A
>
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> "RafaelTrujillo61" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Bid to arrest reggae star
> >
> > Met Police urged to arrest Bounty Killer
> >
> > The Metropolitan Police is being urged to arrest Jamaican reggae singer
> > Bounty Killer when he arrives in Britain later this week for a concert
at
> > the Stratford Rex in London next Saturday, 6 December.
> >
> > The gay rights group OutRage! is calling for Bounty Killer to be
arrested
> on
> > charges of inciting the assault and murder of gay people, and/or on
> charges
> > of causing harassment, alarm and distress. It has written to Detective
> Chief
> > Inspector Clive Driscoll of New Scotland Yard's hate crime unit, the
> > Diversity Directorate (copy of the letter below).
> >
> > Four Bounty Killer tracks call for gay people to be burned, drowned,
wiped
> > out, stoned and murdered (copy of the lyrics below).
> >
> > OutRage! is also requesting the police to warn the Stratford Rex and the
> > concert booking agency Ticketmania they "may be guilty of aiding and
> > abetting criminal offences by promoting and giving a platform to Bounty
> > Killer, especially if he performs any of his violently homophobic songs
on
> 6
> > December".
> >
> > OutRage! says: "If the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania cannot give an
> > assurance that these violent, criminal tracks will not be performed, we
> urge
> > the Metropolitan Police to insist that Bounty Killer's concert is
> cancelled
> > and that all ticket sales are halted".
> >
> > The full text of OutRage!'s letter to the Metropolitan Police, urging
> Bounty
> > Killer's arrest,  follows below.
> >
> > Further information: Peter Tatchell OutRage! 0207 403 1790
> >                                    Detective Chief Inspector Clive
> Driscoll
> > 07730 050 908
> >
> > Text of the OutRage! letter to the Metropolitan Police
> >
> > Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll
> > Diversity Directorate
> > Metropolitan Police
> > New Scotland Yard
> > London SW1
> >
> > 1 December 2003
> >
> > Dear Clive Driscoll,
> >
> > Request for the arrest of Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer on
charges
> of
> > inciting the assault and murder of gay people, and/or on charges of
> causing
> > harassment, alarm and distress.
> >
> > Further to my letter of 18 June 2003 requesting the prosecution of
reggae
> > artists who advocate homophobic violence and murder:
> >
> > One of those artists, the Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer, will be
in
> > Britain later this week to perform at a concert in Birmingham on Friday
5
> > December and at another concert in London on Saturday 6 December.
> >
> > His London venue is the Straford Rex. Tickets are being sold via
> Ticketmania
> > (0870 6000 888, www.ticketmania.co.uk).
> >
> > The lyrics of the four Bounty Killer songs listed below variously incite
> the
> > murder, assault and harassment of gay people and are, at the very least,
> > likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress - all of which are
criminal
> > offences.
> >
> > Specifically, the four tracks call for gay people to be burned, drowned,
> > wiped out, stoned and murdered.
> >
> > Bounty Killer cannot be allowed to come to this country and spread his
> > message of homophobic violence with impunity.
> >
> > 1) On behalf of the queer human rights group OutRage! I am urging the
> > Metropolitan Police to arrest and charge Bounty Killer under either
> Sections
> > 4 or 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, the common law offence of
incitement
> to
> > violence and murder, or under Section 4 of the Offences Against The
Person
> > Act 1861.
> >
> > 2) We also request the police to warn the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania
> they
> > may be guilty of aiding and abetting criminal offences by promoting and
> > giving a platform to Bounty Killer, especially if he performs any of his
> > violently homophobic songs on 6 December.
> >
> > 3) If the Stratford Rex and Ticketmania cannot give an assurance that
> these
> > violent, criminal tracks will not be performed, we urge the Metropolitan
> > Police to insist that Bounty Killer's concert is cancelled and that all
> > ticket sales are halted.
> >
> > We reiterate: what we object to is Bounty Killer's explicit
encouragement
> of
> > violent attacks on lesbians and gay men. Encouraging such attacks is a
> crime
> > under British law. We expect the law to be upheld.
> >
> > In a democratic society people have a right to criticise homosexuality,
> but
> > they do not have a right to encourage queer-bashing violence and murder.
> >
> > If a singer advocated similar violence against a racial minority, he
would
> > be immediately arrested and charged. We see no just reason why
incitements
> > to homophobic violence should be treated less seriously than incitements
> to
> > racial violence.
> >
> > The Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service are making a
mockery
> > of their commitment to tackle anti-gay hate crimes. It is now five
months
> > since we submitted our dossier on these violent hate singers. So far,
all
> we
> > have received is lame excuses, especially from the CPS. What degree of
> > violence do these singers have to incite before the Met and CPS will
act?
> > How many queers have to get bashed and murdered before the promoters of
> > homophobic violence are prosecuted?
> >
> > We expect action against Bounty Killer and will settle for nothing less.
> >
> > I hope you can reassure us that action will be taken. The lesbian and
gay
> > community is entitled to the full and equal protection of the law. To
> date,
> > we have not got it. How much longer must we wait for equality under the
> law?
> > Not beyond the end of this week, I hope.
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > Peter Tatchell
> > OutRage! - campaigning for queer human rights
> >
> >
> > APPENDIX:  Bounty Killer lyrics
> >
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer with Baby Cham
> > Song: Another Level
> > Album: Wow... The Story (Baby Cham)
> > Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
> > Original Release Date: October 24, 2000
> > Label: Artists Only Records
> > ASIN: B000050HYI
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Bun a fire pon a kuh pon mister fagoty (Uh huh)
> > Cocky deh yah suh fi wheel unda Dorothy (Uh huh)
> > Ears ah ben up and a wince under agony
> > Poop man fi drown a dat a yawd man philosophy (Uh huh)
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000050HYI/qid%3D1063315190/sr%3D11-1
> > /ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-4047661-1710415
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Look Good (track 7)
> > Album: Ghetto Dictionary: Art of War
> > Audio CD (May 28, 2002)
> > Label: V.P. Records
> > ASIN: B0000633G9
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > "wipe out the faggot with a pure laser beam"
> >
> > The album can be bought from Amazon at:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000633G9/ref=m_art_li_8/002-
> > 4047661-1710415?v=glance&s=music
> >
> > It can also be bought from the HMV website
> >
> > To view Bounty Killer's lyrics in full see:
> > http://raddy73.tripod.com/lyrics/bounty.html
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Eagle & Di Hawk
> > Album: Next Millennium
> > Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
> > Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
> > Label: Tvt
> > ASIN: B00000DF6P
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Boo away some battyman nuh waan dem aroun mi
> > Waan see mi dead so dem can get fi moan mi
> > Battyman start come a stage show fi stone wi
> > Mek dem know a di eagle and the hawk dem surround wi
> > Well bwoy like a mi nuh battyman nah guh crown mi
> > Media and the press a try dem best fi drown wi
> > Cancel mi visa but dat still nuh ground mi
> > Mek dem know a di eagle and di hawk dem surround wi
> >
> > The soundclip available for download from the Amazon website is the
> > homophobic verse.
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DF6P/002-4047661-1710415
> > ?v=glance#product-details
> >
> > Artist: Bounty Killer
> > Song: Mr. Wanna Be
> > Album: 5th Element
> > Audio CD (October 19, 1999)
> > Original Release Date: October 19, 1999
> > Label: Tvt
> > ASIN: B00000JZ26
> >
> > Excerpt
> >
> > Unu wanna be me!
> > Weh tek dem insect
> > True mi tek Spring Break, si dem a impress
> > Hear this likkle punk guh sing a battyman concept
> > Seh him hood Deanie, a deh suh mi object
> > And him guh pon Mirage, and guh dis-respect
> > bout dem box man a foreign dem nuh tek nuh bet yet
> > Tell dem if dem do dat World War woulda re-flex
> > Yuh lef' Clarendon and come drop ina wasp nest
> > with Guerilla warfare yuh caught mi interest
> > War mi start dat by reservation and request
> > To kill dis yah fool, to me dat is no stress
> > Murder dem fast just like a Federal Express
> > And mi run wild west
> >
> > The soundclip available for download from the Amazon website is the
> > homophobic verse.
> >
> > See more details at Amazon.com:
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JZ26/ref=m_art_li_5/002-
> > 4047661-1710415?v=glance&s=music
> >
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