Does This Type Of Thing Alienate Others Against The Lgbt, Rather Than Attract Their Support?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/choir-stages-mass-singalong-on-tram-in-solidarity-with-victims-of-homophobic-attack-9869080.html

[douglas9401]

No, but it's maybe not to everyone's taste.
A bit more variety rather than the same old stuff might be an idea, since we're all equal an' that.

[jno]

not ahlf as alienating as being attacked for singing, I would have thought.

[anotheoldgit]

And some dare to complain regarding the muffled "music" that escapes from all those earphones, that one comes across on public transport these days.

[jno]

you must have sharp ears if you can hear music from other people's earphones! I find it hard enough to hear my own :-(

[andy-hughes]

I wouldn't feel alienated at all.

It's just singing - possibly a pleasant end to the day - if you like musicals and live in Manchester - I do neither, but that's just by the way.

[Old_Geezer]

It doesn't matter the cause or even if there is no cause, folk who try to enforce jollity by annoying the hell out of folk pushing them to join in a sing-a-long should be banned. There are but two words to respond to these irritating public menaces when they try it, and as one might guess, that is "clear off".

[-Talbot-]

No, I quite like a bit of singing,

[Old_Geezer]

One doesn't hear music so much jno but shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash shs shs shs shs shs shs shs shs bash bash ...

[youngmafbog]

In many circumstances I would agree with the question AOG. But in this one I think it is appropriate.

What does alienate the general public is the likes of Tachell banging on all the time.

[jno]

not even a sh, OG. But my hearing isn't great.

[douglas9401]

I'd forgotten that one Old_Geezer. A classic! :-)

[joggerjayne]

Any alienation would have been balanced out by the free cupcakes.

[anotheoldgit]

joggerjayne

/// Any alienation would have been balanced out by the free cupcakes. ///

Oh I don't know about that, I don't care to accept eats from people I do not know, you don't know what's been put in them, it might even get one to join them in song. :0)

[joggerjayne]

Crikey, AOG ...

I hadn't thought of the "spiked" cupcake angle.

Maybe one should accept a cupcake, to be polite, and then keep it to feed the pigeons.

I suppose they have pigeons in Manchester?

[sandyRoe]

The musical, Wicked? Maybe the attack was on grounds of taste rather than homophobia.

[sp1814]

AOG

I think that most people would be much more upset about the story of two young men being violently attacked.

By doing this, the group are affirming that it is unacceptable for straight people to verbally abuse / beat up gay people at will...

Some are more likely to be more interested in critiquing this highly innocuous act, rather than the incident that caused it, but c'est la vie...

[anotheoldgit]

joggerjayne

/// Maybe one should accept a cupcake, to be polite, and then keep it to feed the pigeons. ///

/// I suppose they have pigeons in Manchester? ///

I suppose they do, but in some places one is dissuaded from feeding the pigeons, apart from the fact that pigeons are not renowned for their bird song.

[maggiebee]

Just whip my hearing aid out - sorted.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// I think that most people would be much more upset about the story of two young men being violently attacked. ///

Young men are violently attacked for some reason or other on an almost daily basis, why should a certain section be any different.

/// By doing this, the group are affirming that it is unacceptable for straight people to verbally abuse / beat up gay people at will... ///

How do we know that these two men were attacked because they were gay, perhaps it was just because of their singing, this can happen every Saturday if one happens to sing the wrong teams song.

/// Some are more likely to be more interested in critiquing this highly innocuous act, rather than the incident that caused it, but c'est la vie... ///

Perhaps that is because some did not know of this particular case, if you did why didn't you enter a thread appertaining to it?

[Sqad]

\\\Some 80 singers from the Manchester Lesbian and Gay Chorus (MLGC) \\

The title does enough to alienate me.