tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post965537023227477384..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Terrorist theme parkCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-9303513750503658462019-06-12T21:23:40.540+01:002019-06-12T21:23:40.540+01:00Thanks. Appreciated.
Agree about Anderson . He sh...Thanks. Appreciated. <br />Agree about Anderson . He should have.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-51847723244747823562019-06-12T18:25:08.641+01:002019-06-12T18:25:08.641+01:00I get your point Sue
Dom Jolly put Hezbollah in hi...I get your point Sue<br />Dom Jolly put Hezbollah in his book title so will be fearful of criticising them.<br />So Anderson should have stepped up.stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15491628163462601912019-06-11T12:08:37.370+01:002019-06-11T12:08:37.370+01:00Will there be paintballing? Asking for a BBC produ...Will there be paintballing? Asking for a BBC producer.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-56862481860382445212019-06-11T03:18:22.165+01:002019-06-11T03:18:22.165+01:00Ah! I dashed that post off in haste. I appreciate ...Ah! I dashed that post off in haste. I appreciate your comment, but I think you've got it wrong. Maybe it was my mistake in using the word ‘joking’. <br /><br />They weren’t ‘telling jokes’ here, but describing Dom’s nostalgic childhood recollections of Lebanon. The Hezbollah museum was alluded to light-heartedly and with casual amusement.<br /><br />I wasn’t trying to curtail freedom of speech, nor was I saying Hezbollah jokes are taboo. You can joke about Osama Bin Laden all you like, and Hitler too, obviously. <br /><br />The big difference is there’s a collective understanding of the awfulness of those individuals and jokes are only funny (or acceptable) if they’re based on truth. When they’re rooted on a false premise or ignorance, they can be deeply offensive.<br /><br />Many listeners will be unaware of the true nature of Hezbollah, and I think the conversation in Loose Ends reinforces a misconception. <br /><br />Until the ban came in, terrorist sympathisers were happily parading their flags in central London and the Al Quds march is still a ‘thing’. In the light of Joan Ryan’s revelation about a Hezbollah-linked plot close to home, I’m offended.<br /><br />Jokes about Israel’s “counterproductive” defence policies are usually based on a false premise too by the way. <br /><br />Israel’s defensive activities may be counterproductive as far as Israel’s ‘good image abroad’ is concerned but if they’re effective at protecting Israel's own people, they’re not counterproductive at all. They’re productive, in fact.<br /><br />suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-28097232888703802362019-06-10T23:21:37.209+01:002019-06-10T23:21:37.209+01:00You have to laugh or else you cry ?
I've heard...You have to laugh or else you cry ?<br />I've heard the item twice now I wasn't offended.<br />Both Clive and Dom are jokers<br />they joke about everything<br />They first joked about Osama Bin Laden.<br />Now you could have said a prayer and thought about his victims<br />..but in reality we joke about Hitler all the time.<br /><br />The world is full of families who have suffered tragedy at the hands of terrorists like Hezbollah or Israeli politicians and their counterproductive defence policies.stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.com