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@tom wrote:
This one really takes the biscuit:
Man sues wife over ugly baby:
http://rt.com/news/shinese-man-sues-ugly-wife-353/That really is special, Tom.
It’s not quite so much the headline, which is a bit misleading as he sued her for lying to him about plastic surgery (which led to him being surprised at the “ugliness” of his baby).
What does that say about a society where a man, who calls his own kid ugly, and takes his wife to court for having plastic surgery, despite the fact that he obviously thought she was beautiful when they met?
He has a wife, he thinks is beautiful and a presumably healthy daughter. Many people would be overjoyed if they had that in their lives!
:roll:
@anc wrote:
I think I have grown up, eventually! If anything goes wrong now, I blame myself!
I agree.
I find it easier to blame you as well.
:wink: :lol:
@wordsworth60 wrote:
I found this interesting, it might not have been much, but not everyone did nothing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20120302
For those who don’t follow links, The first part of the story goes . . .
A former BBC governor for Wales and Children in Need chairman says he had suspicions about Jimmy Savile more than a decade ago and would not allow him any involvement with the charity.
Sir Roger Jones heard of rumours from London staff, and the charity decided not to allow Savile “anywhere near” it.
He said he did not tell management because he did not have evidence Savile abused children while a BBC employee.
Police believe Savile may have abused as many as 300 people over 40 years.
Sir Roger’s comments come on the day the investigation into the BBC’s child protection and whistle-blowing policies begins.
He was a member of the board of governors between 1997 and 2002, and said he would have stepped down from his Children in Need role if Savile had become involved with the charity.
Well, it is the Jimmy Savile thread, not the “who are you and what the hell did you say about me” thread
Mmmm…..
Not exactly a surprise. I think that there will be a stream of people voicing their suspicions, and a search for who to blame.
The real culprit will still be a culture where the victims themselves did not feel that they could come forward. People in positions of responsibility might have had suspicions but a suspicion is just a libellous allegation without proof.
It’s not so much that people should have spotted that Savile was a paedophile, more that his victims should have understood that what happened to them was abuse (whatever they did to put themselves into compromising situations) and should have known that they could put their hands up and be heard.
Some people think lots of people are bit creepy. It’s the voice of the abused that allows good people to act, but the abused have to feel able to speak and know that they will be protected. False accusations do sometimes happen but that is the price of being open to hearing the real ones.
The failure then was not just of individuals, or even of institutions, but also of a wider society who the victims felt they couldn’t turn to. It is difficult to find a single reason, but people not believing “problem” children, winks and nudges about pop stars “liking them young”, ideas that teenagers were sometimes “looking” for it, or just plain apathy, could all have contributed.
I would hope that society as a whole tries to learn from this, rather than just blaming the great and the good, so that people can feel action has been taken and that makes it OK. Everyone should ask what would they do to make others able to trust them with the most terrible secrets, and how they would help.
It’s not just Jimmy Savile, there are other victims out there who stay quiet, sometimes all their lives. This has to be for them too.
@rubyred wrote:
Warren beatty ??
HAD HIM !!!
Nothing like cutting through all the war of the sexes stuff about this with a positive statement of female power.
I hope you enjoyed it – the joke, not Warren Beatty. Or did you? Did you really?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I think I can feel the love in the room.
I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.
:?
@rubyred wrote:
theres never nae bather fae me . xx thats my voice on the middle 8.. Im kinda dreading Tuesday. Micks funeral.. will be a day of sing song, mirth and merriement.. bet they make an album out the entire funeral :)
my wee hert. x
Didn’t know the guy but I have had a soft spot for his music for some time.
Hope you enjoy Tuesday, in between the sad bits.
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@momentaryloss wrote:
@rubyred wrote:
@momentaryloss wrote:
You do what you want my mad little Scottish bint.
I aint voting for independence, but then I don’t have a vote anyway.
8)
I will ” bint ” ye.. right in the puss :)
footnote .. eh dinna ken ( i dont know) ..
Didn’t he sing aboot an ninganingana?
An onion one as well for my English cousins.
Bridies that is.
Keep up ffs.
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@rubyred wrote:
@momentaryloss wrote:
You do what you want my mad little Scottish bint.
I aint voting for independence, but then I don’t have a vote anyway.
8)
I will ” bint ” ye.. right in the puss :)
footnote .. eh dinna ken ( i dont know) ..
Didn’t he sing aboot an ninganingana?
An onion one as well for my English cousins.
@rubyred wrote:
@momentaryloss wrote:
@terry wrote:
Neither.
What you doing here then you grumpy old b*stard?
Na – you’re great, even if you are full of sh*t.
I for one enjoy your being around.
Now shut up and f off.
:P
LOL.. sorry but that made me laugh like a right laughing auld thingumybob..
Glad to be of service milady.
You do what you want my mad little Scottish bint.
I aint voting for independence, but then I don’t have a vote anyway.
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