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  • ahinton
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    • Nov 2010
    • 16122

    Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
    Ah...A Guardian reader's fantasy come to life..........
    Meaning?...

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    • handsomefortune

      are the womens' orgs at the leveson inquiry on iplayer calum, or amatuer?

      (below) the written version, central to feminist theory since the 1960s.



      better late than never.

      however, murdoch thought it all a big joke, and the tabloid headlines, text, and pictures became increasingly offensive, not less..... as time progressed.

      so, i'm extra glad rupert's influence has finally weakened in this specific context.... rupert and james have to limit the continuation of their sales in pervertion, as well as kerb their sick calculations of mens' response to specific text/images, to 'the sun' from now on.

      still not perfect - but hopeful that all tabloids'll have to stop being so vile, after the veritable free for all recently 'excused' by consumerism, and the absolute lie that women/girls crave attention so much, that they'll 'do anything' to be famous.

      i understand there'll always be a percentage of men who are 'a bit odd' where women are concerned, (and vice versa). but in other countries there is a 'top shelf' precisely for this regression. whereas brits share the same stuff over breakfast with the kids...... it's absolutely absurd, repulsive, hypocritical, and embarrassing whenever the subject of this quintessentially british media quirk is raised.

      it'd be absolutely great if just one of these womens' orgs (or preferably all) could back mp mr skinner's recent request as regards cameron's reappearance at the leveson inquiry, in connection with his original appointment of coulson to the tory party.... it'd be perfect timing, whilst we're in a frame of mind where legitimate 'bought sex' is not necessarily anything to be ashamed of in itself. that is, providing the purchaser isn't a complete hypocrit; or 'news' embroidered by sexually regressive, mentally immature 'professional hypocrits' selected and employed by rupert, james, and that particularly hideous traitor to womens' equality, rebekah brooks/wade/etc .... though i try to loathe them all equally, tbh i fail miserably where women are involved in the exploitation of other women and children, for personal profit, as per 'post feminist progressions' and over emphasis of female entreprenurial skill, above all else.

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      • Anna

        Originally posted by handsomefortune View Post
        are the womens' orgs at the leveson inquiry on iplayer?
        The videos appear on the Leveson site the day after, I don't know if they can be found elsewhere http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/...00/9640246.stm

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        • amateur51

          Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
          Ah...A Guardian reader's fantasy come to life..........
          You are a thoroughly nasty piece of work, Mr Pee.

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          • aka Calum Da Jazbo
            Late member
            • Nov 2010
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            they can be found here
            According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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            • french frank
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              • Feb 2007
              • 30256

              Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
              Ah...A Guardian reader's fantasy come to life..........
              Originally posted by ahinton View Post
              Meaning?...
              Meaning, I presume, that Guardian readers are more likely than most to be particularly concerned about inequality and violence towards women and ethnic minorities. The emoticon could possibly indicate that Mr Pee finds any such concerns laughable and thinks it perfectly all right to discriminate against women and beat them up.
              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.

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              • Mr Pee
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                • Nov 2010
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                Originally posted by french frank View Post
                The emoticon could possibly indicate that Mr Pee finds any such concerns laughable and thinks it perfectly all right to discriminate against women and beat them up.
                Well, it could possibly indicate that, but I can assure you it does not, and I object quite strongly to the implication that I think it is OK to beat women up. As for discrimination, of course I do not agree with it, whether that be discrimination against a particular group, or, as is increasingly common these days, positive discrimination that unfairly favours certain groups in order to fulfil politically inspired quotas. The best person for the job should get the job, whether they be male, female, gay, straight, transgendered, black, brown, or green with pink spots.

                But of course Guardian readers inhabit a superior moral universe to the rest of us in the evil, unfeeling mob. That clearly goes without saying......
                Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

                Mark Twain.

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                • french frank
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                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30256

                  Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
                  Well, it could possibly indicate that, but I can assure you it does not, and I object quite strongly to the implication that I think it is OK to beat women up. As for discrimination, of course I do not agree with it, whether that be discrimination against a particular group, or, as is increasingly common these days, positive discrimination that unfairly favours certain groups in order to fulfil politically inspired quotas. The best person for the job should get the job, whether they be male, female, gay, straight, transgendered, black, brown, or green with pink spots.

                  But of course Guardian readers inhabit a superior moral universe to the rest of us in the evil, unfeeling mob. That clearly goes without saying......
                  Okay - and a sincere apology if you think it is called for. I remain baffled, though, as to what you thought the joke was.
                  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.

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                  • amateur51

                    Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
                    Well, it could possibly indicate that, but I can assure you it does not, and I object quite strongly to the implication that I think it is OK to beat women up. As for discrimination, of course I do not agree with it, whether that be discrimination against a particular group, or, as is increasingly common these days, positive discrimination that unfairly favours certain groups in order to fulfil politically inspired quotas. The best person for the job should get the job, whether they be male, female, gay, straight, transgendered, black, brown, or green with pink spots.

                    But of course Guardian readers inhabit a superior moral universe to the rest of us in the evil, unfeeling mob. That clearly goes without saying......
                    Unlike News International & the blinkered fans of its work on here, of course Mr Pee?

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                    • ahinton
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 16122

                      Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
                      Guardian readers inhabit a superior moral universe to the rest of us in the evil, unfeeling mob. That clearly goes without saying......
                      Then why did you say it (or rather write it)?

                      Furthermore, has it not occurred to you that many readers of The Guardian (or indeed any other newspaper) do not ONLY read The Guardian? - or, for that matter, that some people likewise regard readers of The Daily Telegraph as inhabiting "a superior moral universe to the rest of us" with about as much corroborative evidence as those who accuse Guardian readers of the same?

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                      • handsomefortune

                        thanks v much for the relevant iplayer links anna, and calum, respectively.

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                        • aka Calum Da Jazbo
                          Late member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 9173

                          stap me! m'learned whatsit Jay has been pecking the eyes out of the lacklustre Mr Toulmin of the Press Complaints Commission this morning .... further filleting after lunch ...
                          According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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                          • amateur51

                            Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
                            stap me! m'learned whatsit Jay has been pecking the eyes out of the lacklustre Mr Toulmin of the Press Complaints Commission this morning .... further filleting after lunch ...
                            http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...-pcc-regulator - the summary as per Calum

                            http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/hearings/ - recording of the hearing

                            Lords Grade and Hunt and Sir Christopher Meyer tomorrow - woo-hoo!

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                            • amateur51

                              Meanwhile, over at New Scotland Yard ....

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                              • handsomefortune

                                thanks both!

                                Toulmin rejected accusations that during his time at the PCC the body was in fact run by a "tripartite" of three of the most powerful figures in newspapers at the time – the Daily Mail editor in chief in chief Paul Dacre, the former executive chairman of News International, Les Hinton, and the former PCC chairman Sir Christopher Meye

                                fancy that...is it any wonder it was/is toofless! especially as the director of the pcc apparently doesn't make decisions!

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