Libby Purves steps in!
Broadcaster says lines now deemed offensive should be kept intact to show ‘how far we have come’
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Coincidence that she castigates Mary Whitehouse for her 'prudery' while just last week a BBC programme was asking whether Whitehouse was 'ahead of her time'.Originally posted by Forget It (U2079353) View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Maugham satirised the ghastly racists, and plainly despised them - but in doing so he naturally had to use some of the language that was prevalent then.Comment
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Purves' article is in next week's RT, which also contains a letter from a gay man claiming last week's edition condoned Whitehouse's homophobism, along with a following disclaimer from the Editorial staff.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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I was going to say something about a straw man argument....Originally posted by french frank View Post
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I haven't listened to any programme or read the article in full, though I'd have been surprised if any published source which cared about crediblility would condone it. Does one have to depict someone as wholly good or wholly bad - not able to praise the good unless you then point out the bad? In the case of Whitehouse, has she been consigned to hell for long enough now to allow for a rebalancing? I don't know the answer …Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Unfortunately I have thrown out the edition in question, otherwise I would have cited whatever it was that seemingly caused offense.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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BBC Radio - Subtle! I'm old enough to remember that, just.Comment
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