I work in a Newsagents (its where I get the quotes for my sig, I swear) and during the monotony of putting all the supplements into the papers (spare a thought for us before you chuck those away will you?) I noticed a completely, entirely, idiotic and downright odd story on the front of the Daily Mail paper.
The story was about a street preacher who had been arrested while shouting the words of Christianity to all. After the arrest people are now rushing to his aid under the banner of "Freedom of Speech", the Catholic Chruch and even Islam have voiced concerns (according to the story.) This all sounds well and good until you realise that the guy was shouting that "Homosexuality is a sin".
When I read this and saw that the Mail and other organisations were trying to help a man who had been shouting this complete, offensive bullshit I almost raged. I don't know which side I fall on in terms of sexuality so don't call me out as a "fag" or whatever but hear me out on this. Why shouldn't he have been arrested? We arrest people all the time for shouting obscenities and racial slurs at black people and other minorities. This guy was doing the exact same thing except using the shield of Religion and changing his target to homosexuals. Why on earth is the Catholic Church trying to help him? They're already in trouble to do with a sex scandal (Catholic Priests and the Choir Boys...) and this should do nothing but sully their name further by associating themselves with bigots like this. If its acceptable for this guy to shout out in the streets that "Homosexuality is a sin" and they should all repent then why do we constantly berate the BNP for being racist and not allowing black people in (something they've had to change)?
I'll admit that I didn't read the full story, only the front page, but I get the feeling that the whole thing continued defending the guy. I'm afraid I can't find the article on their site either so no source
And now on a lighter note there was a great comparison between the Daily Telegraph (one of those posh papers with 3 supplements) and the Daily Record (it had a picture of a woman in her lingerie on the cover...'nuff said) on the story of Lewis Hamilton getting his car impounded in Melbourne.
The Telegraph used a quote from the police there, and said that he was arrested for "overexuberant" driving. The Record...well they were a little more sensationalist. This may be a paraphrase I can't remember the full quote, "Police in Melbourne pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins only to find that the IDIOT was Lewis Hamilton!"
The comparison makes me laugh and shows just how much of a spin these tabloids put on things.
The story was about a street preacher who had been arrested while shouting the words of Christianity to all. After the arrest people are now rushing to his aid under the banner of "Freedom of Speech", the Catholic Chruch and even Islam have voiced concerns (according to the story.) This all sounds well and good until you realise that the guy was shouting that "Homosexuality is a sin".
When I read this and saw that the Mail and other organisations were trying to help a man who had been shouting this complete, offensive bullshit I almost raged. I don't know which side I fall on in terms of sexuality so don't call me out as a "fag" or whatever but hear me out on this. Why shouldn't he have been arrested? We arrest people all the time for shouting obscenities and racial slurs at black people and other minorities. This guy was doing the exact same thing except using the shield of Religion and changing his target to homosexuals. Why on earth is the Catholic Church trying to help him? They're already in trouble to do with a sex scandal (Catholic Priests and the Choir Boys...) and this should do nothing but sully their name further by associating themselves with bigots like this. If its acceptable for this guy to shout out in the streets that "Homosexuality is a sin" and they should all repent then why do we constantly berate the BNP for being racist and not allowing black people in (something they've had to change)?
I'll admit that I didn't read the full story, only the front page, but I get the feeling that the whole thing continued defending the guy. I'm afraid I can't find the article on their site either so no source
And now on a lighter note there was a great comparison between the Daily Telegraph (one of those posh papers with 3 supplements) and the Daily Record (it had a picture of a woman in her lingerie on the cover...'nuff said) on the story of Lewis Hamilton getting his car impounded in Melbourne.
The Telegraph used a quote from the police there, and said that he was arrested for "overexuberant" driving. The Record...well they were a little more sensationalist. This may be a paraphrase I can't remember the full quote, "Police in Melbourne pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins only to find that the IDIOT was Lewis Hamilton!"
The comparison makes me laugh and shows just how much of a spin these tabloids put on things.
