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

Jimmy Garlic · 2011-04-27 13:09:10

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

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#32 27-04-2011 05:00PM

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

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#33 27-04-2011 05:04PM

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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.

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#34 27-04-2011 05:06PM

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How many people would be Peking at his profile?

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#35 27-04-2011 05:08PM

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

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#36 27-04-2011 05:16PM

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Orando Broom wrote: »

How many people would be Peking at his profile?

A lot, I'm willing Tibet.

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#37 27-04-2011 05:22PM

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Orando Broom wrote: »

Fixed his post.

Now with 33% more racism.

is it not 200% more racism???

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#38 27-04-2011 05:34PM

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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.

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#39 27-04-2011 05:38PM

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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.

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#40 27-04-2011 10:56PM

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#41 27-04-2011 10:59PM

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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

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#42 27-04-2011 11:04PM

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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...

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#43 27-04-2011 11:04PM

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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.

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#44 27-04-2011 11:07PM

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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.

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#45 27-04-2011 11:32PM

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

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#46 27-04-2011 11:33PM

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Makes me want to throw a Paddy.

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#47 28-04-2011 02:06PM

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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.

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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.”

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#48 28-04-2011 02:07PM

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#49 28-04-2011 02:08PM

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#50 28-04-2011 02:08PM

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Thats just bwoody wong

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#51 28-04-2011 02:09PM

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#52 28-04-2011 02:09PM

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ahhhhh

sorry folks, thought a story like this would be confined to the local np's.

I'll go back to singing Big in Japan so:D

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#53 28-04-2011 02:14PM

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eco2live wrote: »

Thats just bwoody wong

It didn't say what his name was....:D

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#54 28-04-2011 02:30PM

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The worst thing about this is, it's the japs that can't pronounce the letter l.

Way to rub that into the chinese thread, you confuse them with the hated japanese.

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