Jailed Lizzy Borden Guitarist on Hunger Strike
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Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 8:36 AM
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Press release:
Current Lizzy Borden guitarist Ira Black, who has previously played with Metal Church, Vicious Rumors and Heathen, has gone on a hunger strike at the Los Angeles County Jail because he claims that veganism is not being recognized by the facility as "valid and sincere."
Ira was taken into custody the morning of January 3, 2009 on a misdemeanor charge, (he apparently had a warrant out for his arrest for an unpaid fine) and is being held on $65,000 bail. Black's fiancée says that the guitarist "has been in the system for over a week now and has had to survive on a miniscule diet. Ira has been a vegan for 15 years and it seems none of the local correctional facilities will accommodate any inmate with a vegetarian or vegan diet."
She continued, "They will give inmates with medical problems or religious beliefs a different meal, but there is no concern for the vegetarians/vegans. He feels very strongly about this and has gone on a 'hunger strike' until his release later this month to show how serious this should be taken. The situation has been escalating hour by hour. "
He is now being mistreated by the guards and was forced to take off a sign he was wearing that said "hunger strike." He is also being coerced by deputies to 'just go with the system' and eat the food that is provided. He is being threatened and is worried he will be punished in unknown ways just for requesting a meal of vegetables and/or fruit.
Ira spoke to a chaplain at the jail, and they both feel like this is an issue which needs to be made public and dealt with. Ira stated: "If I can just get the word out so that people will start calling the jail, there can be some changes made."
"I want people to know how legitimate and sincere veganism and vegetarianism is and this is a serious human-rights issue, I'm not just trying to manipulate the system." Ira has also contacted other musicians, local media and PETA regarding this issue.
Kissfan77 - 1/22/2009 6:13:20 AM fight the good fight man...with or without meat!
psycho_killer - 1/21/2009 10:26:49 PM this gaybo homo needs to b n a cell along with this jailed guitarist, have some manly love u FUCKN FAGGOT go talk on some queer sites asshole.
rrsvt0 - 1/21/2009 7:06:04 PM stiff neck 'n bucket drives ...
a side 'a hogtown blues ...
a strip a' red bacon ...
Rein A Krack Link
Blackhaart - 1/21/2009 11:12:43 AM I love where it says that IRA (a nice manly sounding name) contacted other musicians. I wonder if he called Uncle Ted
"Hey Ted - they are feeding me meat"
"Fuck you ya pansy veggie eating fucktarded faggot. I'll come down there and shove my shotgun up your ass and ventilate you with some bird shot"
or maybe he called Kerry King
"Hey Kerry - these mean jailers are making me eat meat. Hello? Hello? bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Or maybe he called Alice Cooper
"Hey Alice - they meanies here are making me eat meat."
Shut up asswipe. I'll come down there and cram some raw beef down yer f'kin throat ya homo.
gayboLee - 1/21/2009 10:34:28 AM We got a Brig on the S.S. Fairy boat Brown Shlong for bad sailors who like to make trouble. This is where we give them the old bondage and torture treatment. Have you been bad today? Give Capt Lee a call and lets get you sorted out them aayy matey? 786-315-6356
lawbabe - 1/21/2009 9:50:30 AM is this poor guy still in jail. I hope knac updates this.
Space_Load - 1/21/2009 9:35:50 AM Damn every rant here is Skull this Skulls that. Have they completely taken over this site? But in reference to the Post. LOL a hunger Strike? They serve sandwhiches (never been incarcerated) dont they? Eat the bread. Whats the big deal?
kinderblobber - 1/21/2009 8:07:36 AM No, I am Blobber...in no way affiliated with the skullhomo/lee/pumaelvato bullshit. 40-year old men who think they're gonna make it in punk rock are sad.
gayboLee - 1/20/2009 5:23:47 PM I can assure you all my good freinds I aint no fictional character and The Captain can bring the tube steak boogie especially out in the open seas where the waves get to rocking and the Capt. goes pirate. Still dont beleive? Give the Captain a call 786-315-6356 I'll make a beleiver out of all you including you pretty boy bloballmighty. Lets hook up and see whats fact and whats fiction.
gayboLee - 1/20/2009 5:23:33 PM I can assure you all my good freinds I aint no fictional character and The Captain can bring the tube steak boogie especially out in the open seas where the waves get to rocking and the Capt. goes pirate. Still dont beleive? Give the Captain a call 786-315-6356 I'll make a beleiver out of all you including you pretty boy bloballmighty. Lets hook up and see whats fact and whats fiction.
docfeelgood - 1/20/2009 2:52:06 PM i bet he's had some TUBE STEAK
fizzgig - 1/20/2009 2:35:38 PM Yeah, this stuff makes ol' Tote look like a friendly chat over milk and cookies. The dude really didn't care all that much either.
blobalmighty - 1/20/2009 2:23:36 PM By the grace of thy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ... I, blobber, have had no business doings with NuclearSkull or in it's vile music(my apologies real musicians)or I, blobber, would have opted for the Kool-Aid and cyanide solution long ago. This Lee dude Ownedbyskull speaks of is a fictional subconscious character whose created for blame by skull during this, his emasculated state of dementia.
PBRstreetgang - 1/20/2009 12:42:43 PM we dont have any vegimitarians in the UK we all eat our hagis.
CIVILPSYCHO - 1/20/2009 12:03:34 PM Hey Fizz, I kinda miss all the Totem concert postings from 2000. Or the "I'm 6 foot 5 and 260 lbs of solid muscle, I'll kick his ass!" rants. That was still more lighthearted than this "lee" B.S. and somewhat music related
