Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

You started it by suggesting the political Left supported Extreme Islam.

It's only a large minority in your head, and in the medias. Get a grip, there are roughly 2 billion muslims in the world. Stop generalising like ever other bigot, step out of the echo chamber and do some research. Terrorism is terrorism, it always takes the same shape, same goes for insurgencies, and extremist groups in general. They are always tiny minorities.

If you had clicked on the link you would see that no you can't shit on the cross with no comeback. The work has been repeatedly attacked and Andreas has been threatened over it repeatedly. As I said you chose a really bad example. Getting the artist wrong kind of underlines that you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Advice : Don't reach for examples from a field you have limited knowledge of, you just look silly and ill informed.

If you create work knowing it's going to be offensive then expect a backlash. No artist has the right to bitch when they are attacked by a minority that they know will obviously be offended. Of course no-one deserves to die for a scribble. But anyone who knowingly makes a scribble and publicises it for the sole of aim of pissing off a group likely to murder. purely so they can point the finger and say 'SEE! we told you so'. So as to push their own, frankly, murderous agenda is a cunt who deserves what they get.

All that said though, and yep he is an arse, you did make a really fucking awful racist comment. To a lot of people apologies don't cut it as you could obviously think it to write it. Seen ? I'm sorry I'm a racist doesn't work, no matter how you word it to not sound like that. The phrase occured in your head, and you wrote it, and you pressed post, thats a lot of decision making filters it went through.

I'm not saying it's beyond redemption, but fucking hell, it's alien to me and lots of other people for that phrase to even pop into our heads as a reasonable thing to say. It just wouldn't occur.

Oh dear....
You've really overstepped your bounds.
Only Stray is allowed to be the final word on all matters.
Only HE knows.

I could've said something worse than that. Frankly I personally felt bad after saying what I said however. Well I'm sure most who know me here probably don't see me as a racist, OK? I don't think I was ever that, or not outright, but I will admit I have been prejudiced towards people at times. Everyone I generally come across I tend to be courteous to, no matter who they are or what they look like.

I don't understand how my apology was in any way half-hearted or insincere, I must say. If one doesn't accept that, well, it's a matter of his opinion. But the thing about dhajjieboy is that he was trying to be provocative from the getgo with his cheesy sarcasm. I mean he was looking for a reaction form someone and basically looking for trouble.