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| Sun 26 Jun 11, 12:45 PM chrisjunk UK(SE), 13 mths  |
Joan Smith writes about the questioning of the father of the murdered girl Milly Dowler, justifying it by the fact that he had porn and indications of an interest in BDSM. Totally ignorant: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentator... (you can leave comments) Edited for clartification Edited Sun 26 Jun 11, 1:10 PM by chrisjunk | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 12:55 PM daeimos UK(OL), 3 yrs  |
While there are appalling excuses for human beings, who find themselves interested in bdsm, the mainstream media is still going to take a shit on bdsm as a subculture. Sadly there is very little we can do about that. eta this is just a generalisation that has gone off at a tangent to the above article. curious about most things Edited 26 Jun 11, 1:23 PM by daeimos | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 12:58 PM Monkey_Wench UK(B), 20 mths    |
I'm speechless. . | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:00 PM mia  UK(M), 4 yrs       |
Have just commented. This is a disgusting article. x Quick Lynn, run, they're sex people | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:11 PM chrisjunk UK(SE), 13 mths |
But it was the father - not the convicted murderer - who had the penchant for BDSM. | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:19 PM mia UK(M), 4 yrs |
It had the potential to be a balanced article. I can understand why witnesses need questionning and i can understand if they'd asked the dad about his sexuality or sexual activities if there was any chance it had been him, but it seems (from what i've read and heard) that this line of questionning was used just to discredit him. Can you imagine if this had been the daughter of a gay couple and the same piece written? Actually, unfortunately i can - i just wouldn't have expected it to have been printed in The Independent. x Quick Lynn, run, they're sex people | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:21 PM daeimos UK(OL), 3 yrs |
I know, I meant that as a generalisation, probably should edit that so it says it's just a generalisation and fix the spelling mistakes before someone jumps on them. curious about most things | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:22 PM Agent_Cooper UK(CF), 4 yrs |
The problem is that a lot of the liberal intelegency believe this to be the case about those of us whose sexuality is BDSM. In my everyday life I have heard people eqate BDSM as being sadistic anti-women men who pray on the vulnerable, when in reality most true Doms have nothing but respect for woman who wish to care for them!
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| 26 Jun 11, 1:29 PM Purvection UK(M), 8 yrs    |
Barbara Ellen writes in today's Observer about the Dowler family being put on trial - she has a totally different and more human take on their ordeal, saying Bob Dowler's stashed porn was irrelevant to the trial and should never have been used as evidence. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun... Aut disce aut discede. Manet sors tertia caedi | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:32 PM AshUK UK(EN), 7 yrs £ |
I used to have such a crush on Barbara Ellen when she wrote for the NME. Just read that article. That Joan woman is a disgrace to journalism.
" When I am King, you will be first against the wall. " | ||
| 26 Jun 11, 1:37 PM mia UK(M), 4 yrs |
Agreed. Well, i didn't have a crush on her, but i totally could have done and you can't prove that i didn't. Anyway - yes, the article you've shared Purvection is spot on. Faith has been restored. x Quick Lynn, run, they're sex people |
