I'm such a weirdo. When a guy with big bear paws talks with his hands it flaunts his goodies no different if I dropped a bra Strap off my shoulder in conversation. Squirrel!!! ;)
Doesn't surprise me that Flea doesn't get the political nuances associated with wearing a Vietnamese peasant hat. We got out of that war with great difficulty, but we killed millions of Vietnamese men, women and children before we did. Lose the hat Dorko. The part with Flea and the dog is the dog saying, "Are you fu*king kidding me?"
Maybe it was given to him by a friend. You're comment says far more about your character than the projection you put on Flea with your trumped up muh appropriation charges.
Here's some simple words , worry about you and not what others do. To him it's A hat, that I'm sure he didn't over analyze who would approve or get offended ( clearly you did) if he wore it. Just A means to block the sun, nothing more ,nothing less.
Ok has anyone else noticed how damn fast Johns hair grows... this was 2001... and by the way album was released less than a year later.. and he had shoulder length hair ... then he played Slane castle with long long hair in 2003. It's super short in this video so I'm thinking...wtf?