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The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Re: The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Post by mieseratte »

phs318u wrote: post #30
whenchamenia wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So sex drugs and rock and roll arent cool anymore? Come off it. Living life isnt for everyone.

Really? Cos you haven’t lived until you’ve bedded a deluded 15 year old? Spare me.

Based on my reading of the article, she was 13 when Iggy slept with her and knew that fact. That’s a bit materially different than standard rock-and-roll excess.

Were age of consent laws less of a thing back in his day?

Edit: Seems as though this should’ve been / is a crime?[0]

[0] - http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230?section=primary...

Re: The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Post by verylittlemeat »

phs318u wrote: post #30
whenchamenia wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So sex drugs and rock and roll arent cool anymore? Come off it. Living life isnt for everyone.

Really? Cos you haven’t lived until you’ve bedded a deluded 15 year old? Spare me.

>Starr’s conquests include David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Mick Jagger just to name three. But her favorite is said to have been Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin.

It's illegal and morally questionable but statutory rape isn't forcibly raping someone. I know there's plenty of outrage culture in "rape is rape" but I think it's definitely a distinction worth noting.

Re: The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Post by [deleted] »

rmason wrote: post #4

Guess you could call Muskegon 'outside Detroit' but it's quite a ways outside! But to be truthful no one ever heard of him until he moved to Ann Arbor, I think when he was in middle school. But my friends in Muskegon are still quite proud, only rock star to come from their town. If you haven't seen it Anthony Bourdain did a great interview with him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnNlIjPe7M

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Re: The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Post by WarOnPrivacy »

mieseratte wrote: post #31
phs318u wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? Cos you haven’t lived until you’ve bedded a deluded 15 year old? Spare me.

Based on my reading of the article, she was 13 when Iggy slept with her and knew that fact. That’s a bit materially different than standard rock-and-roll excess. Were age of consent laws less of a thing back in his day? Edit: Seems as though this should’ve been / is a crime?[0] [0] - http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/230?section=primary...

On reflection, most adults didn't care much about underage sex until they were able to leveraged it into public outrage - and therefore power for themselves.

The proof of this lies with pre-1980s generations of child sex abuse victims, who knew (or quickly learned) to not go to adults in authority - especially police. At best, they could be expect to be ignored, marginalized and/or gaslighted. At worst could be more abuse, even if 'only' verbal, physical, etc.

Reality is that most adults in authority didn't give a crap about child abuse until they could use abuse allegations as a weapon. Once they (police, legislators, administrators, etc) gained that power, all kinds of things suddenly became abuse, including consensual sexual activity.

"Think of the children" tends to be code for "figure out how to leverage the children".

Re: The Survival of Iggy Pop

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Post by nefitty »

UncleSlacky wrote: post #32

Too bad he sold out to do car insurance ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRjYlsC3bc

Tool's resurgence brought me back to their classic song Hooker With a Penis:

All you read and wear or see or hear on TV

Is a product, begging for your fat-ass, dirty dollar

Shut up and buy, buy, buy my new record

And buy, buy, buy, send more money

Fuck you buddy

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