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SHARP category
Here's a point-by-point rebuttal of your changes to the SHARP category in the skinhead article:

"...Non-political skins..."
 * some SHARPs are non-political, but many (perhaps even most) are in fact political in some way.

"...believe that the skinhead way of life has always been (and always should be) an international..."
 * Maybe you mean multiracial or multicultural. In the beginning, skinheads were only in Britain, so how could it always have been international? There's nothing in the skinhead culture that necessitates that it exists in many countries around the world.

"SHARP is not connected to (nor should be confused with) political anti-racist skins (such as RASH, Redskins and Anarcho-Skinheads)"
 * SHARP is definitely connected to other anti-racist skins such as RASH, redskins, and anarchist skins. That doesn't mean all SHARPs are leftists or political though. If you disagree with that, you might want to ask why The Oppressed and United Front(from Glasgow like yourself) are on the "THIS IS R.A.S.H. UK & IRELAND (part 1)" CD compilation. You might want to talk to one of your own band members too, because Oi Polloi has a song on there too.

"...mainly appeared when right wing and political movements started associating themselves with the skinhead way of life."
 * It's already obvious that SHARPs appeared when the right wing racist movement appeared in the skinhead scene. However, as I mentioned, many SHARPS are in fact political. You many be confusing them with trads, who tend not to be as vocally political.

Also, I'd appreciate it if you didn't vandalize my user profile.Spylab 16:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)Spylab

don't know who you are or how well you know the people you refer to, but it is a lot of them and other old skins / sharps that this info was based on. why don't you contact these people yourself and ask? if sharp and rash were connected, why are they given different names and considered to be different? just because some of these groups share 1 or 2 common ideals does not mean that they are connected. the fundamental difference of sharp and rash, etc, is that one is heavily driven by politics and the other isn't. the reason they get so readily confused is cos of pricks who go on sites like this and associate the two.

it is commonly known that the oppressed hold their views because they were not only connected to sharp, but also heavily involved with AFA. this makes the oppressed AFA supporters, it doesn't make sharp a political movement. also, by the time political skins existed, skinhead was a way of life that had spread through many countries (i.e. an international way of life). in fact, there were skins as far wide as australia since the 60s.

i have been involved with antifa in one way or another across the years, but it doesn't mean that this is what sharp stands for - so i was only stating facts. i was merely using these facts (not my personal feelings, like you) to elaborate on what was already written. you had to be the know it all wanker who keeps deleting that because you don't personally feel that way. this site is not for people to express their personal feelings, but to state facts.

i'm not confusing sharp with trad skins (as i didn't write that they are the same at all), so read what i wrote more carefully. any sharp i've ever known (or that mates have known) that was old enough to be around in the original time, was a trad skin before becoming sharp - which happened when all the racists appeared. this is the basic statement i made.

it's funny that you would tell me to ask my drummer about this (as if we'd never talked about it before), cos i'd love to know what you're basing all this on (asides from what is obviously your own personal views). i'd appreciate it if you provided some solid info / references to debate anything i've said here (instead of referring to them as lies and half truths, ya wank) before running in and trashing what i've written (as if you're some kind of einstein on the matter). like i said, DON'T EXERT YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS onto what are meant to be FACTUAL PAGES.

-bennis

p.s. if you're gonna talk to me as if you know who ia am, reveal yourself instead of hiding behind a username. i'm getting the impression i could quite possibly know who you are.


 * Neither the Wikipedia article, nor I have claimed that SHARP and RASH are the same thing, only that they have some links and common beliefs. That is undeniable, especially since some people have been active in both groups, and many people involved in SHARP over the years have been left wing. Maybe in the early days where you're from SHARP was totally non-political, but things have changed a lot since then.

Yes, the skinhead scene has spread to many countries around the world, but I have never seen any SHARP literature - or have heard a SHARP say - anything like the skinhead scene is an "international" way of life. You're free to prove otherwise with some citations.

I renamed the category and reworded it a bit:

"Anti-racist and Anti-Fascist - Aggressively anti-racist and often political. This category includes SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice), RASH (Red and Anarchist Skinheads), Redskins, and Anarcho-Skinheads. The moniker "SHARP" is sometimes used to describe all outspoken anti-racist skinheads, even if they aren't members of a SHARP organization."

I don't see how anyone could argue with that. Yes, it's a simple brief definition, but that's all it's meant to be. And it 100% factual.

As for the RASH compilation, if you're curious, here's the track listing:

1. Blaggers ITA - 'ITS UP TO YOU'

2. Angelic Upstarts - 'ANTI-NAZI'

3. The Oppressed - 'THE A.F.A. SONG'

4. Hardskin - 'OI NOT JOBS'

5. Red London - 'FRONTLINE SOLDIER'

6. The Splitters - 'ROCK OR RIOT'

7. Suspicious Stains - 'RAPIST'

8. Politicise - 'ERIK'

9. United Front - 'YOUNG REBELS'

10. Scunnard - 'LAME'

11. Attila The Stockbroker - 'THE IRON MAN OF RAP'

12. Running Riot - 'JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER'

13. The Che Men - 'KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON'

14. Distortion - 'WAR SONG'

15. Dubclash - 'DUBBING THE POWER'

16. Ex-Cathedra - 'RWANDA PART 1'

17. Attila The Stockbroker's Barnstormer - 'SCUMBALL PINOCHET'

18. Red Alert - 'MILLION DOLLAR PUNX'

19. Oi Polloi - 'UNITE AND WIN'

20. The Selecter - 'KEEPING THE TREES CLEAN'

21. Blaggers I.T.A. - 'HOUSE OF THE FASCIST SCUM'

22. Smeggy Angus - 'THE HOLOCAUST NEVER HAPPENED!'

23. Ex-Cathedra - 'RWANDA PART 2'

24. Blaggers I.T.A. - 'ITS UP TO YOU' (reprise)

Here's a link to what the cover looks like: http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rashalbum1nk.jpg

Spylab 02:24, 22 July 2006 (UTC)Spylab

that's cool, it's good to come to a comprimise as the combination of both our info has probably given the definition a wider birth and, therefore, more accuracy. as for skinhead being an international way of life, you might not find literature to state that as it was merely an expression of the skinhead attitude and how far spread it had become (i.e. that race or origin was never originally associated with the skin way of life). anything that exists as far spread as skinhead has been for such a long time would be considered non-racial and international (for example, soccer is an international game). thanks for the info about the rash compilation, when was it released? i find it quite funny to see united front on there as they are certainly not rash. some of them are definately sharp, but certanly not rash. i think that one was a result of the bass player. he doesn't really know what the fuck he is (it usually depends on who he's talking to)!

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