cannabisnews.com: Richards Rips Jagger Over Knighthood Richards Rips Jagger Over Knighthood Posted by CN Staff on December 03, 2003 at 12:01:03 PT By The Associated Press Source: Associated Press London -- Keith Richards has criticized his old friend and fellow Rolling Stone Mick Jagger for accepting a knighthood. In an interview published in the December issue of the music magazine Uncut, the Stones' guitarist was quoted as saying, "I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs (awards) from the establishment when they did their very best to throw us in jail," in a reference to his and Jagger's 1967 conviction on drug offences, later overturned on appeal. "Just as we were about to start a new tour, I thought it sent out the wrong message. It's not what the Stones is about, is it?" he said. "I told Mick, 'It's a . . . paltry honour.'" "He defended himself by saying that (Prime Minister) Tony Blair insisted that he took the knighthood. Like that's an excuse. Like you can't turn down anything. Like it doesn't depend how you feel about it." Jagger said Tuesday his busy touring schedule has finally allowed him to arrange a date to collect his award from the Queen at Buckingham Palace: Dec. 12. Richards, who was once briefly imprisoned for allowing marijuana to be smoked in his home -- another conviction that was later overturned -- said he doubts he will ever be offered a similar honour. "Because they know what I would've said . . . they knew I'd tell them where they could put it," he said. Source: Associated Press Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2003 Copyright: 2003 Associated Press Related Articles & Web Site:Rolling Stoneshttp://www.rollingstones.com/'Toronto is Back and It's Booming:' Jagger http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16981.shtmlStones Have Long Relationship with Torontohttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16930.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by Flatbush on December 03, 2003 at 14:56:11 PT King Jagger God save the queen and Keith Richards. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Nuevo Mexican on December 03, 2003 at 14:07:09 PT Keith is cool, Mick, Bubba, and Monica all..... are Leos with Taurus Moons. Not to offend those with this placement in their charts. Keith is an honest Sagittarian, with no patience for Micks need for an ego boost from the queen.TOP 100 Corp.Criminals of Decade:http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=368488&group=webcastCoroner says its 'homicide' (murder)Police tape like a mirror Viewers bring their perceptions Thousands of people in Cincinnati and around the country have watched the videotape clip of Nathaniel Jones' violent and ultimately fatal confrontation with Cincinnati police officers Sunday morning. But many see something very different in the tape's grainy imageshttp://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/12/03/loc_tape03.html75 U.S. Soldiers Shout “Kill! Kill! Kill!” Outside Anti-War Priest’s House (I've met this man, and he is awesome! Read what he did when faced by the chanting military, outside his home, next door to his church, something readers at C-news would do when confronted by intimadation by the U.S. Gov:http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/03/1559217 [ Post Comment ] Post Comment