Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

Wonder who started this thread, must have been a non political middle of the road kind of bloke who has no political affiliations who sits on the fence:rolleyes:;)

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

Who wins, you or the pint?

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

Much like the labour boys some 20 odd years ago, who thought it amusing to turn up to fancy dress parties with a bandage covered in tomato sauce wrapped round their head, claiming to be Norman Tebbit. People of any ilk can be a prat. The mention of conservative seems to send you into a paroxysm of verbal diarrhoea

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

I heard it on the news.

I genuinely found it shocking, as did the Tory press who reported it in their newspapers.

I also find it shocking that we seem to have a generation younger than myself who don't seem to find it offensive.

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^

Sorry, still half asleep.

Above should have quoted Jaysay's post.

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This is okay though? Nobody chooses their family, whom go through pain and suffering after the loss of a loved one.

I think both are very distasteful, and neither newsworthy.

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[quote=blazey;667715]Well I wont bother posting on this topic again because I don't think it is a massive issue. quote]


Has someone been posting under your username without you knowing then......???

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

You had me going for a minute there Rindi:D

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Think most people who posted are outraged at the fact that this was actually done, not the fact it had anything to do with a Tory.

Even if it isn't newsworthy, although it is coz the party saw fit to sling him out, doesn't mean we can't discuss it in general does it?

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

Did the party throw him out for doing it, or for being in the paper?

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

Well if he hadn't have done it he wouldn't have been in the paper in the first place:rolleyes:

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

I know that, he was only thrown out because of the bad press though.

Re: Young Tory in bad taste shocker.
 

So was Jeffrey Archer Neil:D:D

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I don't think either situation should be mocked, but I'm guilty of finding distasteful humour such as the likes of Jimmy Carr quite amusing. People pay to listen to it.

At least the lad in the newspaper apologised and admitted it was taking the theme a step too far. I spoke to my friend today and he provided me with a less than adequate argument for his actions as what he would say if he was in this situation, which I wont repeat for fear of offending people even more.

Boundaries are always pushed, day in day out. This lad is just unfortunate that he's the one who got picked on by the media. Someone has profited from him dressing up that way. He just made a mistake, but someone is quite happily making a living off him and madeleine mccann every day. If anyone is sickening it is the media who write the trash in the newspapers.

Anyway this isn't really meant to be a whinge about my opinion on the topic is it, its about to be about the topic. I think he's handled it quite well and apologised. Some people wouldn't have been quite so graceful.

I suppose you are examples of the power of the media though.

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And as for the Party taking issue over it, Labour has treated me badly enough just for mentioning to them that I CONSIDERED joining CF, so they're hardly the most lenient of people. They'd throw people out for the slightest hint of embarrassing the party, whether it's disclosing information or doing something like this.

You just need to look at the fuss (I think...) Graham Jones had over facebook not so long ago to know what kind of problems can occur indirectly. Things get taken out of context and people look worse than they are.