They're Gradually Getting Worse
If
Wee Jo feels offended by any mention of his size, i would have to withdraw my
song and apologise for it. I mean he's the size he is, perfect and better at
football than most of us (I hope). Humour is based on ribbing, but it becomes
less funny on constant repetition designed to belittle and disadvantage. It is
then called bullying. It happens all the time in our society. On the issue of
race it's much the same. It's about how it's heard, primarily, and intention.
"Black", "dark". Only you know what you mean. How do you think it's heard?
Two verses about skin tone sounds a bit obsessional, sorry, but one sounds
OK. Let's face it, we are not Sir Paul McCartney.
When I read that lyric by the Violentes Femmes, i felt in the presence of
greatness and i would love to hear it chanted ,in unison, or as a round, by
the massed Griffin Park ranks but I think that I might find it a bit difficult to learn,
myself.
Funnily enough, the only male I have ever heard publicly offended by the
intimation that he has a large penis was Bishop(lol ) Desmond Tutu. I can
totally empathise with him.
