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Fred Sanders

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22. And with the mass media that echoes the names.

Reply to randys1 (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:33 PM

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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