Singer arrested for racism after a Chinese guy heard him singing "kung fu fighting"

Jimmy Garlic

A pub singer has been arrested on suspicion of racism for singing the classic chart hit Kung Fu Fighting.

The song, performed by Simon Ledger, 34, is said to have offended two Chinese people as they walked past the bar where he was singing.
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‘It’s political correctness gone potty. There are plenty of Welsh people at our shows – does it mean I can’t play any Tom Jones?’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380971/Simon-Ledger-arrested-racism-performing-Kung-Fu-Fighting.html

Have the police in the UK got any common sense at all?. They should have arrested the Chinese guy for wasting police time and being a total knob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0

chin_grin

I raffed. I ruse.

OutlawPete

She reported him as fast as lightening.

mikemac

I saw the thread title and said "I bet that's a Daily Mail story"

And so it was

Jimmy Garlic

feelingstressed wrote: »

I saw the thread title and said "I bet that's a Daily Mail story"

And so it was

So because it is a daily mail story it mustn't have happened? come on now.

look here, plenty of other links;

http://news.google.com/news/more?q=chinese+racism+arrested&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dj4tG3RcRrtZwkMcMdLpWtDDiFeAM&ei=lBe4Tc-CJZK7hAfC7-CMDw&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQqgIwAA

Duggy747

Nothing will come of this.

The Chinese guys obviously don't have a cheesy sense of music.

Hookah

Duggy747 wrote: »

The Chinese guys obviously don't have a cheesy sense of music.

Funky Chinamen, from funky Chinatown, wouldn't have complained.

W.Shakes-Beer

ROR

Jimmy Garlic

Hookah wrote: »

Funky Chinamen from funky Chinatown wouldn't have complained.

Maybe the chinese dude that wasted police time isn't funky and has a huge chip on his shoulder about it.

Wazdakka

Aren't the lyrics

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"
"Those Chinks were fast as lightning"?

Seems like more than enough of a reason for the Chinese to call it racist..

seanybiker

Hahaha that's a bit mental in fairness. Years ago one of me friends was singing smack my bitch up and a challenge walking passed him on the footpath turned around and gave him a smack in the mouth. Funniest fight I ever seen.

Jimmy Garlic

Wazdakka wrote: »

Aren't the lyrics

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"
"Those Chinks were fast as lightning"?

Seems like more than enough of a reason for the Chinese to call it racist..

No.. "Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning"

Jesus Wept

Wazdakka wrote: »

Aren't the lyrics

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"
"Those Chinks were fast as lightning"?

Seems like more than enough of a reason for the Chinese to call it racist..

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It's an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning

mikemac

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

So because it is a daily mail story it mustn't have happened? come on now.

I'm not doubting it happened. It's the kind of article the DM and their readers love I meant
Look at the pure outrage in the comments

Wazdakka wrote: »

Aren't the lyrics

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"
"Those Chinks were fast as lightning"?

Seems like more than enough of a reason for the Chinese to call it racist..

A good point but it's cats

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwuCJznewFw
At 30 seconds for this

cml387

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

No.. "Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning"

But the Chinese were intimidated by it all being " a little bit frightening"

Minstrel27

Wazdakka wrote: »

Aren't the lyrics

"Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"
"Those Chinks were fast as lightning"?

Seems like more than enough of a reason for the Chinese to call it racist..

Where on earth have you heard it sang with those lyrics?

Cookie_Monster

seanybiker wrote: »

Hahaha that's a bit mental in fairness. Years ago one of me friends was singing smack my bitch up and a challenge walking passed him on the footpath turned around and gave him a smack in the mouth. Funniest fight I ever seen.

DrumSteve

they should have arrested him for playing a keytar

Wazdakka

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Where on earth have you heard it sang with those lyrics?

I heard that they were the original lyrics and due to the fact that openly slagging an entire race of people with a racial slur isn't the way to get a hit song the lyrics were changed...

Now that I look for a link on t'internet to back it up I can't find it anywhere...


Lied to by my own dear mammy... :eek:

Dangerous Man

But... Chinese people do do Kung Fu.

SamHarris

I honestly didnt even know saying something rascist was even illegal. It isnt here, is it?

stmol32

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

So because it is a daily mail story it mustn't have happened? come on now.

So now the PC brigade say we can't even call the daily mail staff an odious bunch of lying fuctards. It's political correctdness gone ....etc.

ceadaoin.

There's bound to be more to this story that what the Daily Mail article claims. Typical rabble rousing story from them to keep their readers outraged.

The BBC story says:

Simon Ledger, 34, of Shanklin, said he was playing the Carl Douglas hit at the Driftwood bar, Sandown, on Sunday when the man of Chinese origin took offence.

Police said the passer-by claimed he was then "subjected to racial abuse".

So maybe that is the reason he got arrested and NOT because he was singing Kung Fu Fighting

mikemac

SamHarris wrote: »

I honestly didnt even know saying something rascist was even illegal. It isnt here, is it?

Incitment to Hatred Act
Probably updated since then

Well just speaking your mind is different to rallying a crowd and starting a rampage

orourkeda

Guy:Incognito

The jokes on the Chinese guy, he's actually Japanese but he doesnt realise cos they all look the same.

DrumSteve

DrumSteve wrote: »

they should have knighted him for playing a keytar

FYP

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

The jokes on the Chinese guy, he's actually Japanese but he doesnt realise cos they all look the same.

are you being serious? or joking?

time4tea

except he's a little bit racist...

Simon, who is on bail until today, wrote on Facebook: “If the lad who phoned the police is reading this, WHAT IS WONG WITH YOU? Sorry, what is wrong with you?”

Orando Broom

time4tea wrote: »

except he's a little bit racist...

Simon, who is on bail until today, wrote on Facebook: “If the lad who wang the poreece is reading this, WHAT IS WONG WITH YOU? Sorry, what is wrong with you?”

Fixed his post.

Now with 33% more racism.

blackdog2

time4tea wrote: »

except he's a little bit racist...

Simon, who is on bail until today, wrote on Facebook: “If the lad who phoned the police is reading this, WHAT IS WONG WITH YOU? Sorry, what is wrong with you?”

Well, he may come to regret that one come sentencing....

Jamie Starr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkHLiZMJeU

Morlar

blackdog2 wrote: »

Well, he may come to regret that one come sentencing....

I agree. Comments like that ... I don't know. It's like they put a great wall between people.

Orando Broom

How many people would be Peking at his profile?

the groutch

the guys walking past while he was signing that exact song, it really WAS expert timing

Thrill

Orando Broom wrote: »

How many people would be Peking at his profile?

A lot, I'm willing Tibet.

efb

Orando Broom wrote: »

Fixed his post.

Now with 33% more racism.

is it not 200% more racism???

Orando Broom

efb wrote: »

is it not 200% more racism???

300% in fact. It's hard to tell. Sure maths and numbers are all a load of bollix really.

super_furry

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

So because it is a daily mail story it mustn't have happened? come on now.

No but tomorrow, the Daily Heil will have an article claiming that Asian people give you cancer.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNcMEpxWfoU

Capt'n Midnight

super_furry wrote: »

No but tomorrow, the Daily Heil will have an article claiming that Asian people give you cancer.

It's not on the list yet http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=269512464297

TerrorFirmer

Jokes aside, the fact that someone was arrested for singing 'Kung Fu Fighting' is terrifying. Sometimes, you have to wonder about the world we live in - on one hand, ultra democratic and as good as any time in which to live, others....I mean, this? Honestly? It's like hearing news from an alternite dimension, sometimes, in AH. I can't believe this crap happens in real life. Poor guy...

Dudess

ceadaoin. wrote: »

There's bound to be more to this story that what the Daily Mail article claims. Typical rabble rousing story from them to keep their readers outraged.

The BBC story says:



So maybe that is the reason he got arrested and NOT because he was singing Kung Fu Fighting

+1

But if it WAS for that reason, then it's not political correctness gone "potty" (despite the hard-on it would have given him to say that) it was just the Chinese guy being an asshole.
Although "There are plenty of Welsh people at our shows – does it mean I can’t play any Tom Jones?" is a sh1t and dumb analogy. A song about being from the valleys/eating leeks would be the equivalent he's looking for.

landsleaving

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Jokes aside, the fact that someone was arrested for singing 'Kung Fu Fighting' is terrifying. Sometimes, you have to wonder about the world we live in - on one hand, ultra democratic and as good as any time in which to live, others....I mean, this? Honestly? It's like hearing news from an alternite dimension, sometimes, in AH. I can't believe this crap happens in real life. Poor guy...

The Daily Fail is an alternate dimension. Reality has no place within their walls.

Yahew

This anti-racism act from the people who gave is the term PaddyWagon is a bit Irish, isn't it?

Yahew

Makes me want to throw a Paddy.

blaze1

Saw this in the local rag from back home, thought it was worthy of an AH post. Shows the shocking mentality of some people. PC gone mad imo.

Taken From
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8996674.Kung_Fu_singer_faces_no_charges/

A PUB singer has been told he faced no charges after singing 1970s disco hit Kung Fu Fighting in front of Chinese people.

It is thought the passer-by on the Isle of Wight was offended by the lyrics on Sunday and complained to police.

Simon Ledger, 34, from Shanklin, who performs in a pub in Sandown was later arrested – in a Chinese restaurant.

But after answering "street bail", to be quizzed on suspicious of causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm and distress, no charges were brought.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said: “Anyone who perceives they are a victim of a racially aggravated crime is entitled to make a report to the police and we will treat a report seriously.”

El Guapo!

Me so Solly \ /

Nodin

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056251479

eco2live

Thats just bwoody wong

admiralofthefleet

ROR