Was reading through some posts on different threads, and this keeps coming up as a subject. Then read interesting stuff on current Ipswich murders, in Guardian, and the Sun.
The thing that disturbs me, is that the prositutes were seen as fair game, acceptable victims, and may have contributed to difficulty in investigating thier deaths. I can't help but feel that when we label one subject kosher for mick taking, prositutes, serial killers etc. But others not abducted children, and terminal diseases, then we allow the kosher target to be targetted more readily, and easily. As such by being selective, we are infact contributing to bullying, and stigmatising. The time I really losr respect for people like Manning, is when thye preach on how they lay off the dsiabled, but pick on Blacks. Like thats ok.
The problem is also there is very little comedy that doesn't have target. I love the Two Ronnies, but beneath their avuncular, clean style of wit, was alot of racsim, classism, and sexism.
Certainly I think one of the most important things in nay free society, is to expect to be offended. It's precisley when some one is acting up, being offensice, misbehaving that we should spring to their defence. As that is the point that the rights we tkae for granted are in danger. It's also impossible to not offend some people, some of the time. I help people with learning disabilties, so I get a little tweaked when GWB is called learning disabled, none of my clients started near genocidal wars for oil.
After this very long, post, for which i expect to be roundly mocked, masochist that I am, a joke for your patience.
A packet of chewing gum mug me last night, I gave him my wallet.
He was menthol.
