Everyone is so offended.

[anonymous-user]

MrBrightSi said:

Born to early to explore space, born to late to explore the world.

Now i can add born to late to fly a hurricane under a bridge, thanks Winston.

This goes a long way to explaining your other posts.

[MrBrightSi]

[tommunster10]

So, WinstonWolf...Red Ken.. your thoughts? Having an opinion even if stupid (although one supported by some Jewish folks also) are people right to be offended and bay for his blood?

[WinstonWolf]

tommunster10 said:

So, WinstonWolf...Red Ken.. your thoughts? Having an opinion even if stupid (although one supported by some Jewish folks also) are people right to be offended and bay for his blood?

:sigh: when I said he was a on the other thread I meant he is a .

I'm not offended, it's personal choice. I'm a bit offended by what's going on in Syria but that's proper y... actually offended is the wrong word, I'm pissed off by it.

I don't do offended.

[tommunster10]

WinstonWolf said:

tommunster10 said:

So, WinstonWolf...Red Ken.. your thoughts? Having an opinion even if stupid (although one supported by some Jewish folks also) are people right to be offended and bay for his blood?

:sigh: when I said he was a on the other thread I meant he is a .

I'm not offended, it's personal choice. I'm a bit offended by what's going on in Syria but that's proper y... actually offended is the wrong word, I'm pissed off by it.

I don't do offended.

But you may not be offended which is fine, but what is your opinion on people that are offended, that is sort of the point. Are they being precious snowflakes?

[alock]

Vandenberg said:

BlackLabel said:

Pepsi advert with Kendall Jenner pulled after huge backlash 'We missed the mark and we apologise'

I watched that ad and struggled to be offended, my creative OCD kicked in a bit with the story which looks like it was written by a fresh faced media graduate, but hardly worth a raise in blood pressure.

As my grandad used to say when Mary Whitehouse popped up moaning, "If yer don't like summit ont idiot box, turn it overr lass".

It does look like it was produced by a student for an assignment. Obviously just bought themselves a short camera slider that's massively overused. Stupid overuse of very shallow depth of field. C- at most.

[jonby]

tommunster10 said:

So, WinstonWolf...Red Ken.. your thoughts? Having an opinion even if stupid (although one supported by some Jewish folks also) are people right to be offended and bay for his blood?

I'm offended when people think a comment is in any way validated because 'it's supported by some jewish folks'

Just swap out 'jewish' for 'english' and think about the consequences. Does that make it acceptable for anyone to say anything they want about England providing they can find a few English crackpots that agree ?

[MrBrightSi]

alock said:

Vandenberg said:

BlackLabel said:

Pepsi advert with Kendall Jenner pulled after huge backlash 'We missed the mark and we apologise'

I watched that ad and struggled to be offended, my creative OCD kicked in a bit with the story which looks like it was written by a fresh faced media graduate, but hardly worth a raise in blood pressure.

As my grandad used to say when Mary Whitehouse popped up moaning, "If yer don't like summit ont idiot box, turn it overr lass".

It does look like it was produced by a student for an assignment. Obviously just bought themselves a short camera slider that's massively overused. Stupid overuse of very shallow depth of field. C- at most.

I cringed harder than is humanly possible. I wouldn't say it offended me, but that is just the stupidest, most try hard "look im 17 and the world can has PEACCEEE" video ever. You guys are right, it has to be a student or someone in marketing has been on their knees quite a lot to get this far.

[tommunster10]

jonby said:

tommunster10 said:

So, WinstonWolf...Red Ken.. your thoughts? Having an opinion even if stupid (although one supported by some Jewish folks also) are people right to be offended and bay for his blood?

I'm offended when people think a comment is in any way validated because 'it's supported by some jewish folks'

Just swap out 'jewish' for 'english' and think about the consequences. Does that make it acceptable for anyone to say anything they want about England providing they can find a few English crackpots that agree ?

I said 'some' I did't say all. So its like saying some English people are rapists...they are, if that offends you then so be it.
There are Jewish labour party members who have backed Ken, this is just a fact.
I don't agree with Ken and I am glad he has been disciplined..my argument is on how the PH "everyone so offended" mantra is hypocritical, which it is.

I have empathy for people who are offended though and certainly do in this case, but that empathy stretches to Muslims and immigrants as well which it doesn't with much of PH.

[mybrainhurts]

tommunster10 said:

I have empathy for people who are offended though and certainly do in this case, but that empathy stretches to Muslims and immigrants as well which it doesn't with much of PH.

Even when they play the offended card, but aren't really offended? They're taking you for a mug.

[PurpleMoonlight]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4389538/DI...

A pretty innocent comment really, and very similar to what men get on a daily basis about cooking, childcare, etc., but hey it gets her in the newspaper for a day and not doubt she can tell her grandchildren that.

[tommunster10]

mybrainhurts said:

tommunster10 said:

I have empathy for people who are offended though and certainly do in this case, but that empathy stretches to Muslims and immigrants as well which it doesn't with much of PH.

Even when they play the offended card, but aren't really offended? They're taking you for a mug.

Who is? Why would I feel mugged?

[mybrainhurts]

tommunster10 said:

mybrainhurts said:

tommunster10 said:

I have empathy for people who are offended though and certainly do in this case, but that empathy stretches to Muslims and immigrants as well which it doesn't with much of PH.

Even when they play the offended card, but aren't really offended? They're taking you for a mug.

Who is? Why would I feel mugged?

See, you fell for it.

[BlackLabel]

Tesco has apologised for any offence from a beer advertisement that claimed "Good Friday just got better". The ad ran in some newspapers to promote "great offers on beer and cider" in the run-up to Easter. The supermarket said it would not run the ad again after it attracted criticism from some religious figures.

[MrBrightSi]

BlackLabel said:

Tesco has apologised for any offence from a beer advertisement that claimed "Good Friday just got better". The ad ran in some newspapers to promote "great offers on beer and cider" in the run-up to Easter. The supermarket said it would not run the ad again after it attracted criticism from some religious figures.

More religious feelings hurt and more push to drop things that hurt religious feelings. Damn you god for free will and advertisers

[mybrainhurts]

Why do they pander to these idiots?

Let them get all hot and offended.

[smn159]

mybrainhurts said:

Why do they pander to these idiots?

Let them get all hot and offended.

So Tesco get their ad carried for free by every newspaper and across the web
Newspapers get their 'Easter' story
the church gets column inches to say something about Easter
The usual suspects get to froth on here about it

Everyone's a winner, surely?

[BlackLabel]

Shock, horror! Some scousers are offended.


Merseyside police are investigating a Sun column by Kelvin MacKenzie in which a mixed-race player is compared to a gorilla. The paper’s former editor, who writes a weekly column, claimed Everton player Ross Barkley, whose grandfather is Nigerian, had deserved to be punched at a nightclub because he was similar to an animal in a zoo.

Guardian said:

The Liverpool mayor, Joe Anderson, tweeted to say he had reported the article to Merseyside police and the Press Complaints Commission for being a “racial slur”.

Guardian said:

MacKenzie had made the comments after an incident at a Liverpool nightclub this week in which Barkley, 23, was punched in what his lawyer described as an “unprovoked attack”.

In the piece, MacKenzie insinuated that Barkley deserved to be beaten up. Alongside the column, the paper ran a picture of the player’s eyes superimposed on to the face of a gorilla. The image has since been removed from the paper’s website.

MacKenzie wrote: “Perhaps unfairly, I have always judged Ross Barkley as one of our dimmest footballers. There is something about the lack of reflection in his eyes which makes me certain not only are the lights not on, there is definitely nobody at home.

“I get a similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo. The physique is magnificent but it’s the eyes that tell the story.”

The player in question.

[poo at Paul's]

BlackLabel said:

Shock, horror! Some scousers are offended.


Merseyside police are investigating a Sun column by Kelvin MacKenzie in which a mixed-race player is compared to a gorilla. The paper’s former editor, who writes a weekly column, claimed Everton player Ross Barkley, whose grandfather is Nigerian, had deserved to be punched at a nightclub because he was similar to an animal in a zoo.

Guardian said:

The Liverpool mayor, Joe Anderson, tweeted to say he had reported the article to Merseyside police and the Press Complaints Commission for being a “racial slur”.

Guardian said:

MacKenzie had made the comments after an incident at a Liverpool nightclub this week in which Barkley, 23, was punched in what his lawyer described as an “unprovoked attack”.

In the piece, MacKenzie insinuated that Barkley deserved to be beaten up. Alongside the column, the paper ran a picture of the player’s eyes superimposed on to the face of a gorilla. The image has since been removed from the paper’s website.

MacKenzie wrote: “Perhaps unfairly, I have always judged Ross Barkley as one of our dimmest footballers. There is something about the lack of reflection in his eyes which makes me certain not only are the lights not on, there is definitely nobody at home.

“I get a similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo. The physique is magnificent but it’s the eyes that tell the story.”

The player in question.

Well probably with some justification, the City hates the Sun. But it would seem to have been a little "crass" to morph the players face onto a Gorilla when he is "mixed race", if indeed they did, as the article says it has been removed. Presumably as they didn't check his family background.
I'm not too sure where you are leaning on this, but they're hardly paragons of journalism, are they?

[BlackLabel]

poo at Paul's said:

Well probably with some justification, the City hates the Sun. But it would seem to have been a little "crass" to morph the players face onto a Gorilla when he is "mixed race", if indeed they did, as the article says it has been removed. Presumably as they didn't check his family background.
I'm not too sure where you are leaning on this, but they're hardly paragons of journalism, are they?

I understand where you're coming from, and sure MacKenzie has history too but the player doesn't even look black - it's ridiculous to refer this to the police. The piece in question was perhaps crass and distasteful but was it really racist?