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The Spectacle Blog
Hairstyling mogul Vidal Sassoon died today of natural causes. Sassoon had apparently been battling leukemia for some time. He was 84.
Although Sassoon is synonymous with womens’ hairstyling when I think of Sassoon I think of his role in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948-49. Who says hairdressers aren’t tough?
In 1982, he would establish the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism.
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JmsA| 5.9.12 @ 6:00PM
A very talented gentleman. I remember his 'oh LaLa Sassoon' commercials. May he rest in peace.
Kingofthenet| 5.9.12 @ 6:21PM
If YOU don't look good, WE don't look good...R.I.P.
Clint| 5.9.12 @ 6:24PM
Now That's More Than Just A Bad Hair Day.
Occam's Tool| 5.9.12 @ 6:57PM
Hey, a real life "Zohan!" Hot lead styling for antisemitic assholes.
Occam's Tool| 5.9.12 @ 6:59PM
Commander of the British Empire, and someone Clint would have feared in his youth:
"At the age of 17, although having been too young to serve in the Second World War, he became the youngest member of the 43 Group, a Jewish veterans' underground organisation. It fought against anti-semitism after the war ended by breaking up Fascist meetings in East London.[8] One newspaper refers to him as an "anti-fascist warrior-hairdresser", whose aim was to prevent Sir Oswald Mosley's far-Right movement from spreading "messages of hatred" in the period following the Second World War.[9]
In 1948, at the age of 20, he joined the Haganah (which shortly afterwards became the Israeli Defence Forces) and fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which began after Israel achieved statehood.[8][10] During an interview, he described the year he spent training with the Israelis as "the best year of my life," and recalled how he felt:
When you think of 2,000 years of being put down and suddenly you are a nation rising, it was a wonderful feeling. There were only 600,000 people defending the country against five armies, so everyone had something to do.[7]"
Unlike Clint, this man kicked ass, screwed multiple chicks, and made a shitload of money.
Rich D| 5.9.12 @ 11:22PM
He was also far LEFT - being a fascist in favor of a single nation-state of all Europe. Don't let the fact that his BUF was anti-communist fool you. It was two jackals fighting over the same zebra leg.
Clint| 5.9.12 @ 7:20PM
That's A Lie.
You're An Israel Firster Smear Bund Neo-Chickenhawk Coward Liar, Tool Job.
Wanna Make Somethin' Of It, Pussy ?
Hmmmmmm, Cupcake?
Paco| 5.9.12 @ 7:37PM
This is bizarre. Mr. O.'s T. gives us some interesting information about a remarkable individual, Vidal Sassoon. This is what news organizations are supposed to do.
But then Mr. C. responds with an outburst of verbal abuse that belongs strictly nowhere.
Studying this page more carefully, I realize that Mr. O.'s T. made a disparaging comment about Mr. C. Perhaps he was offended by Mr. C.'s tasteless remark earlier.
Nevertheless, at least Mr. O.'s T. did some of what a proper news obit should do. Perhaps the real culprit here is the obit writer, who left his work without finishing it.
In any event, it would appear those who partake of these spaces ought to think more like news writers and readers and less like drunks at a hockey competition.
Clint| 5.9.12 @ 8:00PM
Apparently, Mr. P Is A Frustrated English Major, Who Is Jealous That Mr. G Got A Job At AS.
Occam's Tool| 5.10.12 @ 11:04AM
I don't drink, but as a Minnesotan, and a Northern one at that, I think highly of the hockey comparison. You, sir, seem like a reasonable individual who should receive a reasonable response.
Paco, Clint is an individual who is a Ron Paul fan. He is obsessed with people being slaves to Bibi Netanyahu. He refers to Jews as "sandmonkeys." He is constantly threatening physical violence, although, as I noted elsewhere, when he was given name and address by a poster here who has a colostomy, he neglected to show up. He cuts and pastes endlessly silly posts.
In short, sir, he is a boor. Occasionally, he annoys me to the point that I let loose, which, as you have pointed out, is beneath me, and for which I apologize. (To you, not to him.)
Sassoon was a remarkable individual, who, like all high achieving men, was obsessed with his work and how to make it better. He also was a proud Jew. I may not have agreed with him on many things, but he was a swordsman in more than one way, and he lived life on his terms. Salut to a life well lived, and a game well played.
Bob Grant| 5.9.12 @ 7:43PM
Hmmmmmm, Cupcake.
I bet that's the pet name for your boyfriend's private area.
Example: " Ronnie, I need a cupcake real bad."
Occam's Tool| 5.10.12 @ 10:57AM
It should be pointed out that when Clint was given the address of a man with a colostomy bag who dared him "to make something of it," Clint declined to show up.
Typewriter. Commando. Pansy.
Be aware, Clint, that if I am threatened, I don't fight fair, nor with an endpoint that one would consider reasonable. I have no interest in getting into fisticuffs with you, as you bore me to pieces.
Clint| 5.9.12 @ 8:02PM
Mittens' Says Grant Is His Pussy.
Bob Grant| 5.10.12 @ 12:18PM
Clint,
Your name is not worthy of an N. Henceforth, your new name is Clit.
Grant: Clint, your AmSpec name is Clit
Clit: Why?
Grant: Why not???
Got it!!!
JimH| 5.10.12 @ 8:52AM
John Edwards is in mourning.