Comments on: Driver Pushes Goth Kids Off the Bus

By: ampersandpilcrow

ampersandpilcrow — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:39:33 +0000

Io, I think I’ve been introduced to the both of you before, though my memory is kinda cloudy (as it is with most things involving Joli Rouge).

I would agree about living a productive life in mainstream society, mainly because I’d encourage just about anyone to find a way to make their talents work and contribute something. That’s the route I’ve chosen too. Unfortunately, I think by nature the attention will tend to go to the most extreme members of a subculture, even if they’re the minority.

I’ve encountered a similar thing with hippies in Asheville. There’s plenty of them that have jobs, own and run businesses well, etc. But those aren’t the ones that get the attention.

By: Io

Io — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:08:59 +0000

Ampers, you may know my husband (DJ Triskyl) and me. We get up there now and again, and this fall he Deejayed at the goth night there.

That said, I don’t think it’s a moral duty to positively represent the subculture, but in my experience, that can help in terms of living a normal and productive public life in mainstream society. For me, it’s a sort of have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too situation.

By: Lady Julianne le Fay

Lady Julianne le Fay — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:54:03 +0000

I apologise for the number of typos in the above post. Where, not wear. Go, not “do”. Argh.

By: Lady Julianne le Fay

Lady Julianne le Fay — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:24:06 +0000

Oh my Cod, I was on the train yesterday and I looked down at the newspaper of the person sitting down next to wear I was standing. They were reading that article in The Sun. I read the headline and physically cringed, I felt myself flinch and my eyes went huge. I think the person reading it noticed because they moved their arms so that the paper was half closed and others would find it harder to see which article they were reading.

If you’re wanting a sympathetic reception, the worst place you could do is The Sun.

By: ampersandpilcrow

ampersandpilcrow — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:35:54 +0000

Wow.

“We were so oppressed we just had to go to the tabloids.”

By: Red Scharlach

Red Scharlach — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:06:47 +0000

Oh Lord.

You could have found better for your fifteen minutes of fame, guys.

By: Mer

Mer — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:57:01 +0000

Have you ever laughed and vomited at the same time?

By: kris_ether

kris_ether — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:31:44 +0000

Oh it gets worse. These idiot attention seekers go to the most unbiased of tabloids ‘the Sun’ and come out with this madness.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article720058.ece

By: Silent

Silent — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:22:03 +0000

“Attention seekers get attention, and then cry that it’s the wrong kind.”

These two have probably just created far more anti-goth sentiment in the UK than any actual chavs could have. Most of my friends want to batter them, and we’re supposedly in the same subculture.

By: ampersandpilcrow

ampersandpilcrow — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:23:56 +0000

Mer, nah I’m in Asheville. Which is just weird enough that it might actually be more tolerant of leashed (non-toddler) humans.

Once was in a mall and the girl was also wearing a medical mask. THAT was funny. Shrieking children are pretty damn amusing period.