西方还有言论自由吗?Man arrested for singing 'Kung Fu Fighting'

来源: paulcraig 2011-04-27 08:48:37 [] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读: 次 (2354 bytes)
这位华人也真够出息的,人家唱歌你不爱听就要把人家抓了?下面这段评语很有水平:

思想警察的杰作。显然如今他们可以凭他们认定你在想什么就逮捕你。

Ah, the thought police at its best. Now apparantly they can arrest you for what they think you're thinking.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42779407/ns/world_news-europe/
Man arrested for singing 'Kung Fu Fighting'

Singer says police questioned him after Asian man filed a race complaint

Police arrested a singer on racism charges after a man reportedly of Chinese descent complained about his performance of the song "Kung Fu Fighting," according to reports.

Simon Ledger, 34, told Britain's The Sun newspaper that he and his band were performing the 1970s classic at the Driftwood Beach Bar on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England.

"We were performing Kung Fu Fighting, as we do during all our sets," he told the newspaper. "People of all races were loving it. Chinese people have never been offended by it before."

But Ledger told The Sun an Asian man walking by with his mother hurled an expletive and made an obscene hand gesture at the performers during the Sunday afternoon performance, then took a photo with his cell phone.

"We hadn't even seen them when we started the song. He must have phoned the police," The Sun quoted him as saying.

The man claimed he was "subjected to racial abuse," police told BBC News, and complained to the police the same evening.

'I thought it was a joke'
Ledger told The Sun that police called him later that evening — while he was eating at a Chinese restaurant — to arrange a meeting. It was at that meeting that police arrested him, Ledger said.

The BBC report said police released Ledger after his arrest, intending to question him further at a later date.

"An investigation into this allegation is continuing to establish the full circumstances surrounding what happened," a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman told the network.

"I thought it was a joke but they were serious," Ledger told The Sun. "They seemed pretty amazed but said the law is the law and it was their duty. It's political correctness gone potty (a British term for crazy)."

The owner of the bar defended Ledger, telling the newspaper that he doesn't believe the song or the singer are racist, and that there "is no way he would abuse anyone."

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说明海外华人的权益是受保护的?保主任找证据顾头不顾腚阿。;p -赵飞燕- 给 赵飞燕 发送悄悄话 赵飞燕 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 04/27/2011 postreply 09:06:52

:-) -野生动物摄影家- 给 野生动物摄影家 发送悄悄话 野生动物摄影家 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 04/27/2011 postreply 09:27:52

燕子也粗了?;) 主任只是视角不同而已,燕子是民族大义为重 ;p -Happychoir- 给 Happychoir 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 04/27/2011 postreply 09:29:44

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