RE: (TV) "Punk, "the video

[Mark Sheerin <Mark.Sheerin@ehs.co.uk>]

But there were occasions when Ian Curtis had fits on stage. And this led to
difficulties touring, which led to suicide. So it would be wrong to play
down the role of his illness.

Sorry to offend COD - not meaning to say that epilepsy resembles
dorkishness.

mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
Sent: 26 January 2000 17:15
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) "Punk, "the video


Easy, folks - not everyone who has epilepsy needs their entire lives judged
by
the fact that they do - which also means that just because they were
epileptic
doesn't mean you interpret any comments about their
skills/lives/appearances/performances as being offensive! Sheesh. If Curtis
were Jewish and acting "like a dork", would you accuse Jay of
anti-Semitism?! I
am 100% sure that's not what Jay was saying.

Besides, while Curtis' epilepsy definitely influenced his lyrics,
performance,
etc., it's not as if he was having seizures on stage (at least, not in those
performances included in the video Jay is talking about - severe epileptics
like Curtis generally don't keep standing and singing mid-seizure).

--Philip

--- Blumetakt@aol.com wrote:
> Not everyone that has Epilepsy looks like a DORK !! thats pretty offensive

> remark MARK. 

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