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Roasting Sacred Cows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-throw-a-stone-without-hitting-a-puritan dept.

Hans Gilde writes: "Pedophilia has been a big topic in the UK lately, there have been riots, beatings and vandalism resulting from [pedophile witchhunts]. In an attempt "to ask hard questions about the way society and the media deal with its most difficult problems" and point out "that famous people have a habit of denouncing things without knowing much about them", a comedian in the UK produced a TV show, described in an article in the NY Times, in which he actually got a member of Parliament to say the following, on the air, in all seriousness: "Using an area of the Internet the size of Ireland, pedophiles can make your keyboard release toxic vapors that can make you more suggestible."" This show is frankly hilarious, and the reaction to it is even better. You probably want to see the show, eh? It's available in .avi or Real and DivX.

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  1. (-1 Overrated) by gowen · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I could care less about this furore, and believe that no subjects should be above mention, comedic or otherwise but sadly one fact remains largely unspoken.

    Morris is a hack. He claims to be a biting satirist, but he will always sublimate any such intent when presented with the opportunity to present a dim, B (or C) list celebrity in a bad light. Making Phil Collins (Phil Collins for fucks sake) look a bit stupid, is not satire, it's not enlightening, and it certainly isn't very difficult.

    We're giving too much attention to a TV show with the intelligence of a prank phone call.

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  2. Re:no registration link: moderators? by Coolfish · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    awww you poor baby. we'll send someone over right away to change your diapers for you, you poor baby.

  3. That's wrong... by gidds · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Pedophilia has been a big topic in the UK lately...

    Erm, excuse me, but 'pedophilia' has not been a big topic over here; paedophilia has. That's right, we spell it with another 'a'. Not only must we put up with the Americanisation [sic] of the net, but we apparently have our own stories misspelt too! Who do you think invented the language, anyway???

    (Pedant - and proud of it :)

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