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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Sep 6, 2014, 12:04 PM Sep 2014

Ringo Starr takes on IS over Beatles nickname: 'It's bulls**t... We stood for peace and love' [View all]

Ringo Starr today told of his disgust over British jihadis being given nicknames based on The Beatles.

The drummer said he was saddened that the fanatics — led by a man dubbed “Jihadi John”, who is suspected of beheading two American journalists — had been labelled with the names of the Fab Four.

Starr, 74, told the Standard: “It’s bullshit. What they are doing out there is against everything The Beatles stood for.”

The nicknames were revealed by a former captive, who said three Britons guarding captives in Syria had been dubbed John, Paul and Ringo due to their accents.

Starr said he was powerless to prevent the names of the band or his bandmates being attached to the fanatics. He said: “If we stood for anything we never stood for that. The four of us absolutely stood for peace and love. But we are not in control.” “Jihadi John” is being hunted by US forces after also threatening on video to behead British hostage David Haines.

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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/ringo-starr-takes-on-is-over-beatles-nickname-its-bullst-we-stood-for-peace-and-love-9711463.html

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Ringo Starr takes on IS over Beatles nickname: 'It's bulls**t... We stood for peace and love' [View all] DonViejo Sep 2014 OP

Good for Ringo! Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #1

One reason I have heard that he wasn't is that he opted to be a tax exile, karynnj Sep 2014 #19

Well, screw that noise... Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #32

Kind of a great illustration of what is wrong with extremism. randys1 Sep 2014 #2

And with the mass media that echoes the names. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #22

It's certainly his right to speak out but really, I seriously doubt anyone gives credence to the Jefferson23 Sep 2014 #3

I am glad he said something about this not that he is obliged mind you Kalidurga Sep 2014 #4

Their captives called them that because of their London accents... Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #6

Thank you I didn't know what that accent was called Kalidurga Sep 2014 #9

...as Joan Rivers famously riffed on: Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #12

Oh that was good Kalidurga Sep 2014 #14

Here you go, all 17 major English accents: EX500rider Sep 2014 #18

Thanks, that was a few minutes not wasted at all. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #23

Well I so posted it just for you so I'm crushed....or not... EX500rider Sep 2014 #31

Scouse Scarsdale Sep 2014 #25

THIS is the best post of all on this thread! Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #33

If you want to know more about the world the Beatles grew up in... mattclearing Sep 2014 #36

Yes, that made no sense at all Tom Ripley Sep 2014 #20

There was an article about a five-year old musical prodigy here a month or so ago BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #5

I thank FSM every day... Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #7

:-) MuseRider Sep 2014 #16

What is FSM? ann--- Sep 2014 #26

Flying Spaghetti Monster Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #27

Good on him for pointing out the very IRONY of the use of their names. The exact opposite if Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #8

Glad he spoke out on this. logosoco Sep 2014 #10

I don't know... would it have been better to just ignore it? cui bono Sep 2014 #11

^^^^THIS ^^^^^^ Publicity is what they crave, why does the media give to them in spades? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #24

maybe the Thatchers JI7 Sep 2014 #13

If the nickname weren't based on their accents, I'd favor.... DonViejo Sep 2014 #17

Had 'Jack the Ripper' already been taken? n/t IDemo Sep 2014 #15

I'm glad LiberalElite Sep 2014 #21

+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #29

Expedience and ignorance, thank MSM . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #28

They're fucking cockroaches. 180 degrees of the Beatles. Cha Sep 2014 #30

longtime Ringo fan here Skittles Sep 2014 #34

He needs to ring up Miss Moneypenny and drop another hint about that knighthood. ucrdem Sep 2014 #35

Did they name themselves, or what? Apparently they grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #37

Based on the Pictures he reminds me of Ali G JI7 Sep 2014 #38