What have you been banned for?
September 23rd 2006 00:21
Have you ever been stopped? Restricted? Banned? Id like to hear what you have done, and why did the powers to be decide that you should not be allowed.
My first experience with being banned was when I was playing in a heavy industrial band. We often toured and this time when we arrived in Sydney we found that our track “In Gods Name” which put a bit of a twist on the lords prayer had ruffled the feathers of some local Christians. They decided we should not play our shows in their area, as we were clearly under the influence of the devil. Lol, what a crock of shit, seriously it made me laugh then and I still brings a smile to my face. The funny thing is that we still played our show, we gained publicity and the simple minded Christians that protested at our show were drowned…it was raining so hard that night. Their god seemed to be busy with other things.
Many years later I found I was asked not to come back by a printing company as I was once again under the influence of the devil. You see I have a label that has clothing with devil girls and the dreaded 666, and the owners of this printing company are very religious. I was told even though I was a lovely chap, and that they thought my work was fantastic and I was talented that I was spreading the devils work. No im serious, this was a year ago, no I didn’t go back in time, it was in sunny Noosa, not the dark woods of Salem.
A few months later I was trying to get a grant to assist in my endeavours and once again I was told that despite my ideas being fantastic, that I was talented, and that my submission was one of the best they had received I was being denied. As the Government could not be associated with my business. I cannot name the Government Dept as they have Big Brother powers that are real.
Is the devil such a threat to you? I want to make you aware of something. Ok this may be hard to swallow but.. Now wait for it.. The devil is not real.. Ok… did you hear me? He was created to scare you into doing the right thing.. Well there is a lot more to it that just that but that’s a hell (lol) of a long story. The important thing to remember is that just like the boggie man and an honest politician the devil does not exist.
My first experience with being banned was when I was playing in a heavy industrial band. We often toured and this time when we arrived in Sydney we found that our track “In Gods Name” which put a bit of a twist on the lords prayer had ruffled the feathers of some local Christians. They decided we should not play our shows in their area, as we were clearly under the influence of the devil. Lol, what a crock of shit, seriously it made me laugh then and I still brings a smile to my face. The funny thing is that we still played our show, we gained publicity and the simple minded Christians that protested at our show were drowned…it was raining so hard that night. Their god seemed to be busy with other things.
A few months later I was trying to get a grant to assist in my endeavours and once again I was told that despite my ideas being fantastic, that I was talented, and that my submission was one of the best they had received I was being denied. As the Government could not be associated with my business. I cannot name the Government Dept as they have Big Brother powers that are real.
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Comment by eatdrinksnort
blackdoggone
the label and the music..how ridiculous, its like someone saying dont let me see the word cancer because I might catch it...666 is just a set of bloody numbers..FUCK and CUNT are just sets of letters created by humans and made 'bad' by humans. they are what they are and thats NOTHING. god, humans..were such wankers at times eh?
you go ahead with your label and your music, and kudos to you for being talented and authentic.
Comment by eatdrinksnort
blackdoggone
in grade six, i was banned from going on an excursion because i was writing love letters from one student to another and they got all shirty about it and dobbed me in to the teacher who then made me stay back and scrub chairs with a toothbrush..
I was banned from sitting out the front of a local milk bar AND travel agents when i was in my teens because I was swearing..
I was banned from pubs for fighting in my late teens...
I was banned from chat rooms for saying vulgar things...
LOL.
I am who I am and who I am is who I am. Who am I? I am who I am.
Comment by Anonymous
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