Cat Stevens, Jeep, Politics, Religion all in one ad.

[IADEMO2004]

https://abancommercials.com/vid/8946/det/jeep-grand-cherokee-trailhawk-and-summit-2017-free-to-be-cat-stevens-commercial


I have a different emotion every replay. How about you?

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Tea for the tillerman - Cat Stevens - absolutely best -

Great commercial - If you want to sing out...not sure which album -

And then we have the know nothings commenting at the link - or should I say the deplorables -

Emotion hearing Cat Stevens - my carefree youth....

[Coventina]

2. Meh. He called for the assassination of Salmon Rushdie. Unforgivable.

[Zambero]

3. Tea for the Killer Man

One person's freedom of expression is another person's blasphemy. Fair enough. However, whenever assassination in the name of religion is perceived as some sort of justifiable action, it's time to lower the curtain on said "artist".

[IADEMO2004]

4. WOW! I missed hearing that.

Awful. Did he ever take a step back?

Off to the google I go.

[Coventina]

7. He later tried to say that he never did that. But, his denial is bogus.

[LanternWaste]

5. It's up to the target to forgive. The audience, as always, merely criticizes.

It's up to the target to forgive. The audience, as always, merely criticizes.

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. Nope.

Threatening to kill a guy for exercising his freedom of speech is not a crime that affects just the author.

[Coventina]

8. Thank you. Such behavior is unacceptable and is not up to the victim only to protest.

Geez!

[IADEMO2004]

10. He is only sorry we don't forget about it. Link to Rolling Stone January 2015.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/yusuf-islams-golden-years-cat-stevens-on-islam-and-his-return-to-music-20150113


After the Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie in 1989, Yusuf had told a crowd at London's Kingston University that "[Rushdie] must be killed. The Quran makes it clear: If someone defames the prophet, then he must die." Yusuf later partially walked the comments back, but the issue refused to die. When Rushdie heard about Yusuf goofing around with Osbourne, he phoned Stewart in a huff. "It became very clear to me that [Yusuf] is straddling two worlds in a very difficult way," Stewart said two years ago. "I wouldn't have done [the bit], I don't think, if I had known that.?.?.?. Death for free speech is a deal-breaker."

It's still a sensitive subject for Yusuf. When I broach it, his son looks up, concerned. "People need to get over it," says a clearly irritated Yusuf. "It's 25 years ago. I've got gray hair now. Come on. I was fool enough to try and be honest and tell people my position. As far as I'm concerned, this shouldn't be the subject of my life."

That appears to be the end of it, and Yoriyos looks relieved. But Yusuf can't help himself. "I'm a firm believer in the law," he says. "I was never a supporter of the fatwa [against Rushdie], but people don't want to hear that because they keep saying that I believe in the law of blasphemy. All I'm saying is, how can you deny the Third Commandment? It's an Islamic principle that you must follow the law of the land where you reside."

[Coventina]

11. Jon Stewert didn't know? Wow! That surprises me.

But then, I guess everyone has stories they somehow missed.

(I was apparently the last person in the United States to learn R. Kelly was a child-rapist.)

Anyway, thanks for that link. It completely solidifies that he's not sorry for what he did and never will be.

[IADEMO2004]

12. It's a sad day for me discovering this information.

[Coventina]

13. Aw jeez, I'm sorry. I really am.

I know what it's like to find out really disappointing things about someone you respected and admired.

It really sucks.

[IADEMO2004]

15. Just voted for Hillary Clinton and all the Dems. on my ballot in Iowa and I feel good.

[Coventina]

16. Taking action is the best therapy!

[bluesbassman]

9. Audiences criticize yes, but citizens denounce.

Yusuf Islam was not creating art when he called for Rushdie's assassination. Had he been creating art his audience could chose to merely criticize him. What he did engage in was not art, but rather a call for a violent response to the words of another man and that should and did result in denounciation from his fellow citizens of this planet and rightly so.

[closeupready]

14. I love his music ... he's had a fascinating life,

and not always an enviable one, but he's evolved, like Hillary did with gay people.

K&R