Comments on: Retired teacher, voice of the nation

By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:14:18 +0000

There are all sorts of counter examples. Her 1978 volume tells the story of the complacency which existed re child pornography until she put her foot down.

By: Shaun Hollingworth

Shaun Hollingworth — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:10:49 +0000

She was a threat to free expression, and even to freedom itself.

She was ALSO WRONG in just about everything she said…

It’s religion not sex on television, which is the biggest threat to a stable society today…

By: Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:22:10 +0000

Not a threat to people’s lives, but a threat to the way people live their lives.

By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:49:12 +0000

Yes- ‘a most dangerous woman’ (as her autobiography put it) – a threat to the lives of people everywhere.

By: Shaun Hollingworth

Shaun Hollingworth — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:00:11 +0000

Mary Whitehouse was a retired teacher… She should have been retired to Iran or somewhere…

By: Christopher Shell

Christopher Shell — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:40:21 +0000

Spot the BBC non sequitur. Who said it was directed at retired teachers in the first place?

By: tom p

tom p — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:33:51 +0000

Peter, did you mean to say “I am a pervert…” or “Am I a pervert…”?

By: Hector

Hector — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:45:08 +0000

AND another thing….why oh why can nobody on BBC Radio 5 say the word “amateur” properly?

Mike’s bukkake imaginings had indeed passed me by. All I can think of when the inestimable Dick and Dom are on is the wish that one of those gobby kids comes (sorry) through the bungalow door with a chainsaw.

I fear I may be turning into a grumpy old man.

By: Peter Powell

Peter Powell — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:52:24 +0000

I am I pervert or do the images of kids upturned faces splattered with goo on the BBC Sataurday morning program echoing images of cum splattered bukkake pics ? I don’t watch the programs for kids but am forced to view them whilst I choose to listen to Sheryl Crowe and the Dixie Chicks.

I only ask.

By: Andy A

Andy A — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:01:23 +0000

‘Saturday morning TV shows are â€œencouraging poor language skillsâ€…’

Hah! You don’t need crap programmes to encourage poor language skills – well, poor grammar, anyway: just listen to the flagship R4 programme Today. What are schoolkids and people learning English as a second language supposed to make of it if they see this as a standard to look up to? If I hear ‘try and’ one more time I’ll fling the muesli at the bloody radio. Not to mention ‘one of those people who is at today’s conference …’ (‘… people who are at the bloody conference’, one of, you semiliterate dork); ‘neither A nor [sometimes or] B were …’ (‘was’, for shit’s sake!); ‘looking at the sky from Earth, the moon looks very bright in August’ (the moon is looking at the sky from Earth?); ‘voters will be able to choose between A, B or C’ (‘A, B and C’, you cretin: you can’t choose between one thing, and using ‘or’ means you’re talking of one of these things at a time, not all of them). I could go on. Don’t get me started! However, I doubt Beyer was too bothered about the grammar. Probably thought Dick and Dom were an item.