I'm going to get up some noses now, because I feel like it and haven't had a red gong for ages.
Although the original joke has some wit, albeit not very brilliant, little that has been posted since is of much value. But the whole thread is unworthy of us.
Just because a person courts tabloid notoriety in an exhibitionist manner, and is apparently vulgar and insensitive, does everyone have a right to make schoolboy coarse jokes about her? To do so is to play her tabloid game, while demeaning women in general. The fact that she appears to ask for it isn't an excuse. Jokes of that sort are immature, dehumanizing, hard-hearted. It is a matter of general principle: it isn't about the individual concerned.
I know it's widespread, seen daily on the front pages of the yellow press with more inside. I've been well naughty in my time, am no saint, far from po-faced, enjoy quite lurid bad taste. But jokes in this sort of mode make me uneasy when uttered by my friends.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Sat 27 Aug 11 at 01:48
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