Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:42 pm  

Its a badly researched article by a newspaper columnist, which I'm sure the Guardian's lawyers will be over it like a rash. There will possibly be a grudging apology buried at the bottom of page 24 in due time, and that appears to be the norm for Fleet St nowadays.It's perfectly obvious that the lass had very limited options after the birth of her child, and breakup with the father. I also wonder just how hard the Fire Brigade tried to help in finding a solution to the fix she found her self in.

Apparently, in our household, pesto sauce goes into the spaghetti bog. I am none the wiser, so am unable to add to the furore.

Littlejohn was right about one thing,..... those tattoos on an attractive young woman are horrendous. Whatever her sexuality.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:00 pm  

It always amazes me the number of people who claim to hate the Mail but also scrutinise every detail of its website.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:52 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

It always amazes me the number of people who claim to hate the Mail but also scrutinise every detail of its website.

To understand the fookwittery of some of our fellow citizens you have to seek their source material, have a look at some of their readers comments and you'll wonder as I do how the hell their minds got into that state.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:36 pm  

Kale... Kale... hmmmm... AH, yes, the birds that rich people get their eggs from...right?

[DaveO]

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:30 am  

rumpelstiltskin wrote:

Its a badly researched article by a newspaper columnist, which I'm sure the Guardian's lawyers will be over it like a rash.

Why would they be? It's not for them to sue. They were not the victim of any libel.

As she probably could not sue what the Guardian did is publish the rebuttal the Daily Mail never would unless forced to do so.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:30 am  

JerryChicken wrote: To understand the fookwittery of some of our fellow citizens you have to seek their source material, have a look at some of their readers comments and you'll wonder as I do how the hell their minds got into that state. Well indeed. And it's not just the Mail. Some further examples of rampant stupidity here, on a different subject. Read and weep.

JerryChicken wrote: To understand the fookwittery of some of our fellow citizens you have to seek their source material, have a look at some of their readers comments and you'll wonder as I do how the hell their minds got into that state. Well indeed. And it's not just the Mail. Some further examples of rampant stupidity here, on a different subject. Read and weep.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:38 am  

Mintball wrote: Well indeed. And it's not just the Mail. Some further examples of rampant stupidity here, on a different subject. Read and weep. Hmmmmm, *shakes head* I think its probably fair to identify that there is a section of society that can only be politely named as "religious nutter" and its this sector that are normally responsible for providing such comments and rather scarily are sometimes responsible for influencing the lawmakers in decisions. To be fair to all churches and to the majority of "people of faith" its not usually their fault and whether you agree with their beliefs or not most people of faith go about their daily lives in a way that is not dominated by religious text, but their are religious nutters out there who's every minute of existence is dedicated to applying a religious text to every situation they encounter every day, and part of their illness is that they believe that it is their duty to inform everyone else about what they are doing. I once knew one such religious nutter, he ran a one man business in the same line as me in the same city and so occasionally we would meet and would chat although not if I saw him coming before he saw me - anyway one day the Yellow Pages rep came to see me and told me that she'd been to see my competitor the day before (they used to work each category in the book), and that after her sales pitch he had seemed to be tempted to buy a bigger advert this year but then had hesitated and told her that he'd have to speak to his business partner first, she said that she'd thought that his was a one man business and he'd replied that yes it was but that The Lord God guided him on all matters of his business, his life and more frighteningly his family and how he treated them and that he would not make a decision on his Yellow Pages advertising until he had spoken to God. Now he was just our local religious nutter but the really scary thing is that both George Bush and Tony Blair freely admit to having taken immensely important decisions that led to a loss of life numbering millions, only after they too had spoken to their God.

Mintball wrote: Well indeed. And it's not just the Mail. Some further examples of rampant stupidity here, on a different subject. Read and weep. Hmmmmm, *shakes head* I think its probably fair to identify that there is a section of society that can only be politely named as "religious nutter" and its this sector that are normally responsible for providing such comments and rather scarily are sometimes responsible for influencing the lawmakers in decisions. To be fair to all churches and to the majority of "people of faith" its not usually their fault and whether you agree with their beliefs or not most people of faith go about their daily lives in a way that is not dominated by religious text, but their are religious nutters out there who's every minute of existence is dedicated to applying a religious text to every situation they encounter every day, and part of their illness is that they believe that it is their duty to inform everyone else about what they are doing. I once knew one such religious nutter, he ran a one man business in the same line as me in the same city and so occasionally we would meet and would chat although not if I saw him coming before he saw me - anyway one day the Yellow Pages rep came to see me and told me that she'd been to see my competitor the day before (they used to work each category in the book), and that after her sales pitch he had seemed to be tempted to buy a bigger advert this year but then had hesitated and told her that he'd have to speak to his business partner first, she said that she'd thought that his was a one man business and he'd replied that yes it was but that The Lord God guided him on all matters of his business, his life and more frighteningly his family and how he treated them and that he would not make a decision on his Yellow Pages advertising until he had spoken to God. Now he was just our local religious nutter but the really scary thing is that both George Bush and Tony Blair freely admit to having taken immensely important decisions that led to a loss of life numbering millions, only after they too had spoken to their God.

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:06 am  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

It always amazes me the number of people who claim to hate the Mail but also scrutinise every detail of its website.

Know thy enemy - Sun Tzu

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:27 am  

Big Graeme wrote:

Know thy enemy - Sun Tzu

I'm not sure that the small unhappy band who have an attack of the vapours at the mere mention of "The Daily Mail," would have The Art of War anywhere on their reading list. Not for them a detailed spiritual classical preparation for warfare and its consequences which still resonates millennia later. No, I suspect there would be a pursed lip complaint that he actually preyed to his God for guidance prior to committing his forces. Much more expedient to simply toss a coin surely?

I think it a fair bet for those heirs of Mary Whitehouse to have wedged in the bottom of their handbags and manbags the collected Thought and Pledges of Nick Clegg,.... possibly the more Politically orientated would have a dog eared Little Red Book......or a well thumbed paperback rejoicing in the title Pack lunches for the Proletariat.

Who can really know? As they say here in Yorkshire,....."There's nowt so queer as Folk!"

Re: The Mail and its odious style of reporting : Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:45 am  

Personally, I find von Clausewitz much more interesting than Sun Tzu.

And in a different mood, there's nowt wrong with a spot of Sade.