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by pdkl95 5y ago

> when ads exploit ... music https://boingboing.net/2021/06/14/facebook-asked-pink-floyds-roger-waters-for-another-brick-in-the-wall-ii-to-promote-instagram-he-told-zuckerberg-fuck-you.html https://boingboing.net/2021/06/14/facebook-asked-pink-floyds... Pink Floyd's Roger Waters: > It's a request for the rights to use my song, "Another Brick in the Wall II" in the making of a film to promote Instagram. > So it's a missive. It's a missive from Mark Zuckerberg, to me, right? Arrived this morning with an offer of a huge, huge amount of money. And the answer is, "Fuck you. No fucking way."

tsimionescu 5y ago
Off topic, and I realize this was not at all your point/belief, but it's quite incredible that the article is brining up this quote from Roger Waters as an example of his 'anti-semitism'...
- southerntofu 5y ago
  I'm no fan of him and i'm not knowledgeable, but from a quick search the only thing antisemitic i could see from him was using on stage a pig with a david star and a dollar sign (sigh). Not that it's ok at all, but is he known for other antisemitic displays/rhetoric? Or is fighting against Israel's apartheid and denouncing that politicians are sold to billionaires now antisemitic? I'm really not OK with the "jews = money" trope which is a marker of far-right conspiracy theories and is growing more and more popular in the public discourse, at least here in France (especially since Dieudonné was repressed precisely for holding such bigoted views). I'm also really not OK with colonization and apartheid and the State of Israel. I'm not jewish but a lot of left-wing jews are on the same page.
  - ghoward 5y ago
    Fortunately, the claim the Israel is an apartheid state appears to be false, according to those who lived through apartheid. [1] [2] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEL-NlxBk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEL-NlxBk0 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNttZV4G_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNttZV4G_0
    - fzil 5y ago
      to save everyone else a click, its PragerU bs.
      - ghoward 5y ago
        How can it be bull crud if they are using the accounts of people who have actually lived in Israel?
samizdis 5y ago
In case anyone missed it, his response to the supposed FB offer is discussed (with 43 comments) here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27488742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27488742 The link posted was to the viral video of Waters making the comments: https://www.bitchute.com/video/9ksRVJsvWc3B/ https://www.bitchute.com/video/9ksRVJsvWc3B/

by pdkl95 5y ago

tsimionescu 5y ago

Off topic, and I realize this was not at all your point/belief, but it's quite incredible that the article is brining up this quote from Roger Waters as an example of his 'anti-semitism'...

southerntofu 5y ago
I'm no fan of him and i'm not knowledgeable, but from a quick search the only thing antisemitic i could see from him was using on stage a pig with a david star and a dollar sign (sigh). Not that it's ok at all, but is he known for other antisemitic displays/rhetoric? Or is fighting against Israel's apartheid and denouncing that politicians are sold to billionaires now antisemitic? I'm really not OK with the "jews = money" trope which is a marker of far-right conspiracy theories and is growing more and more popular in the public discourse, at least here in France (especially since Dieudonné was repressed precisely for holding such bigoted views). I'm also really not OK with colonization and apartheid and the State of Israel. I'm not jewish but a lot of left-wing jews are on the same page.
- ghoward 5y ago
  Fortunately, the claim the Israel is an apartheid state appears to be false, according to those who lived through apartheid. [1] [2] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEL-NlxBk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEL-NlxBk0 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNttZV4G_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocNttZV4G_0
  - fzil 5y ago
    to save everyone else a click, its PragerU bs.
    - ghoward 5y ago
      How can it be bull crud if they are using the accounts of people who have actually lived in Israel?

samizdis 5y ago

In case anyone missed it, his response to the supposed FB offer is discussed (with 43 comments) here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27488742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27488742 The link posted was to the viral video of Waters making the comments: https://www.bitchute.com/video/9ksRVJsvWc3B/ https://www.bitchute.com/video/9ksRVJsvWc3B/