Quote: lofthouse @ 11th November 2013, 10:14 PM GMTSee, this is a perfect example of why you never got the Sky At Night gig
Your not fit to lick Patrick Moores telescope , ya fool
He wouldn't agree......
I read the news today oh boy! Page 1,363
There's only one that needs hanging in this story . .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24899550
There was an even more horrid story of a Lebanese guy who microwaved his cat, it survived.
Pets engage emotions in the same way that people do for good or ill.
A person who will hurt an pet, will hurt a human
It's one of the known traits to look out for in diagnosing psychopaths.
Quite. Instead of a slap on the wrist these psychos need proper long sentences.
Quote: sootyj @ 5th November 2013, 3:07 PM GMTA side from how offensive and nasty that joke.
The real sadness is Benny Hill was actually a bloody good comic, who wrote or sometimes borrowed great gags.
This cheap nasty stuff is just filler, that satisfies prejudice and doesn't really amuse.
I agree, I think some of Benny Hill's humour was very clever and excellently well put across by him. His wordplay was right up there with Ronnie Barkers.
Shame that some of the content of his shows in his last few years was tainted with an extreme "non-PC" attitude to women. But sadly he seems to have been air brushed out of comedy history.
And yet Ronnie Barker (and the Two Ronnies shows) featured a lot of jokes based on women's boobs and bums, yet they are revered.
And even Monty Python often used women in a very sexual and "non-PC" way, a fact which members of the troupe have admitted, and it has not harmed their reputation.
Of course comedy in the 60s and 70s was a very male oriented business (apart from a few women like June Whitfield, Joyce Grenfell, Dora Bryan etc.) and women were often used as eye candy (like the "busty" secretary that was on Are You Being Served a few days ago).
Gladly we seem to have moved on since those days.
Quote: Guilbert @ 13th November 2013, 4:58 PM GMTGladly we seem to have moved on since those days.
True, very true. Yet I do have a certain nostalgia for jiggling boobs. 
Worst defence for sexually harrasing an aerobics class for plus size women ever.
Just in passing . . apparently two Lib Dem MPs voted with Labour and are called rebels.
Given that their party conference voted overwhelmingly against the bedroom tax, are they not just following the party line? And are the ones who voted with the Tories the real rebels?
Promising news on growth.
Is this Coalition finally managing to undo Labours profligacy?
Credit where it's due!
So, they want to wipe the internet do they?
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/11/pre-election-pledges-tories-are-trying-wipe-internet
Quote: sootyj @ 13th September 2013, 2:28 PM BST"
Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines song has been banned from being played in any of the student union buildings at the University of Edinburgh."
Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines gets banned at another university
Another student union has banned Robin Thicke's song Blurred Lines. University College London student union (UCLU) has joined around 20 others, including University of London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Kingston, Derby, Chester, Brighton and West Scotland in forbidding the playing of the song at functions within union spaces. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/12/robin-thicke-blurred-lines-banned-another-university
Quote: Nogget @ 14th November 2013, 9:10 AM GMTRobin Thicke's Blurred Lines gets banned at another university
Another student union has banned Robin Thicke's song Blurred Lines. University College London student union (UCLU) has joined around 20 others, including University of London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Kingston, Derby, Chester, Brighton and West Scotland in forbidding the playing of the song at functions within union spaces. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/12/robin-thicke-blurred-lines-banned-another-university
I think it's great that it's been banned at many students' unions. It is a song that encourages the idea that explicit informed consent is just a formality.
I quite like this campaign by Newcastle University's SU: http://www.nusu.co.uk/up/content/928913/_up_against_it_campaigns/_man_up/
'Lad culture' is a growing phenomenon in the UK and seems to have a 'special place' with students at our universities and colleges nationwide. What is it? Well, it's sometimes difficult to put your finger on, but it can be generally described as a damaging idea of masculinity that revolves around drinking, sex, 'pack mentality' and often harassment, and has greatly contributed to the growing normalisation of rape culture on campus and off. Sexism is central to lad culture, with objectification of women a major source of 'banter' for those partaking... think 'get back in the kitchen' jokes galore! This brings us nicely to lad culture's antifeminist stance, with 'feminazi' an offensive term frequently used to rather unhelpfully compare the women's rights movement to the holocaust.
A good way to summarise lad culture would be to look at the idea of 'banter' - check out UniLad if you're stuck for examples!
So... what is harmless 'banter', what is too far, and where IS the line? That's what 'Man Up' wants to talk about. We need students to get involved and give us their thoughts. Ultimately we all want a safe and inclusive campus, but we need students' help with getting there!
irony and hyper sexualisation has become the excuse for some pretty revolting attitudes slipping back
Oneso its nice to see student unions finding their voices and firmly saying
You're not funny, youre not liberating, youre offensive go away
If you want porn watch porn