tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5468438879744407038..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Outrage on TwitterCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-75200100937024802432017-10-28T20:22:40.690+01:002017-10-28T20:22:40.690+01:00Here's the Guardian's account.
https://ww...Here's the Guardian's account.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/28/michael-gove-apologises-clumsy-harvey-weinstein-joke-today-show<br /><br />The list of people quoted as disgusted just makes me want to buy Gove a drink! <br />Why do these people apologise ? Either say it or don't, you know what's coming.<br /><br />Nice articles today Craig & Sue, thanks. Enoughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22797584215598216542017-10-28T18:45:49.257+01:002017-10-28T18:45:49.257+01:00If you could just let me know who instigated the j...If you could just let me know who instigated the joke, I can finish filling out this form and pop it in the post. Thanks.Enoughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83644652415839293082017-10-28T16:03:41.878+01:002017-10-28T16:03:41.878+01:00I was laughing only a couple of days ago at this g...I was laughing only a couple of days ago at this gag:<br /><br />"After my wife died, I couldn't even look at another woman for 10 years. But now that I'm out of jail, I can honestly say it was worth it."<br /><br />I now realise the error of my ways. I shouldn't have laughed. I wasn't thinking in the right way about violence against woman. Murdering your wife is no laughing matter. I should have reported whoever told that joke to the police, and handed myself in as well for laughing at it.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-30005684360130985622017-10-28T15:30:31.799+01:002017-10-28T15:30:31.799+01:00We could spend a pleasant hour dissecting Govey...We could spend a pleasant hour dissecting Govey's Gag to establish its offence level, but I'd rather not without a beer in front of me. <br /><br />It seems to score fairly highly in the satirical gag department and covers 3 levels in one hyphenated sentence. Jimmy Carr will doff his hat. <br />In private of course. Enoughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15041788003282116312017-10-28T15:19:37.826+01:002017-10-28T15:19:37.826+01:00Here's a flavour of BBC thinking on the matter...Here's a flavour of BBC thinking on the matter from one of the most high-profile BBC tweeters (though she's not known much beyond Twitter): <br /><br />"If making a joke about Weinstein's victims even occurs in your head as a joke, it possibly means you don't understand sexual assault and rape to be a serious matter in the first place."<br /><br />https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/924205977842438144<br /><br />Hugh Sykes merely gives it a "Yuk" and Katty Kay a "Really??".Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-73721727074052108652017-10-28T14:42:07.813+01:002017-10-28T14:42:07.813+01:00Pretty good gag.
What if it had been told some ye...Pretty good gag. <br />What if it had been told some years ago by a woman with experience of Weinstein's predation ?<br />You know, as a warning to potential prey that under the surface of that fluffy bathrobe and double chin, just behind the fern, is a horny crocodile.<br /><br />Or to give it another context, what if the gag had been told today by Frankie Boyle ? Does it become funny if an edgy comedian does it ?<br />Enoughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-12637561259327374802017-10-28T12:12:00.381+01:002017-10-28T12:12:00.381+01:00I'm not sure...wouldn't being hanged in ch...I'm not sure...wouldn't being hanged in chains over a castle wall be more appropriate for a first offence? However, I suppose we have to assume Mr Gove is a serial offender even if there is no evidence. His wife does work for the Mail, so that is probably evidence enough. <br /><br />By the way, how many years will George HW Bush have to serve in a UK prison if it emerges his hands wandered whilst over in London back in the glory days? Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com