Accusations of effeminacy wrong?
British TV star Jonathan Ross is in trouble again:
"Ross was involved in a light-hearted discussion about prizes in a competition themed around the fictional teen pop star when he joked: ‘If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his...erm...partner home.’
A spokeswoman for Ofcom was unable to say how many people had complained but said: ‘We have had complaints. We are assessing those complaints against the broadcasting code.’
Listener Karen Mills told Pink News: ‘How can these people earn such huge sums of public money to come out with this discriminatory rubbish?
The BBC insisted there was no link to any specific individual and that the joke was part of a light-hearted exchange.
Known for his irreverent humour and flamboyant fashion sense, Ross also presents a chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC1, featuring music from 4 Poofs and a Piano. ["Poof" is British slang for an effeminate homosexual]
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He obviously implied that a parent might be disappointed if their son brought home a homosexual lover but that is probably a pretty accurate judgment about how most parents would react. But truth-telling is a low priority in Britain.
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In the new PC/bizarro world we live in, it doesn't take more than one whiner to make a complaint and start a war. Also, we should remember that in PC-land, humor is no longer acceptable unless pre-approved by the Left. It sounds more like she's upset about the amount of money he earns than what he actually said, which was no big deal.
"A spokeswoman for Ofcom was unable to say how many people had complained ..."As a journalist and dealing with these PR people, either three people called and complained or no one called them but someone from their group complained.
"Huge sum of public money"? Is Britain so far gone into socialism that even their entertainers are on the public dole?
"---Yup, and not just Britain, in most european countries you pay a tax that supports public television if you own a TV."Correct Lad.
It's called a Television Licence.
AND,
It's NOT cheap.
AND,
The governments have monitoring vehicles to check to see if you are receiving TV signals.
AND,
The Brits and other euroweenie countries have a very high "car tax".
AND,
There are constant ads on Brit Telly stations which show a car being crushed as a draconian voice describes what will happen to your precious vehicle should you ignore paying the tax.
But the licence allows freedom from commercial adverts on the BBC channels and even the commercial tv stations don't have so many ads as the US.
I would rather have the ads which I can chose to watch, or not, rather than be forced to pay the government taxes that likely support programming I don't agree with.
u can't "choose" in the US as the ads dominate the TV
the government doesn't "support" any channels in the UK
Not if you're willing to pay for premium cable channels like HBO, Cinemax and others.
The BBC is not a government agency - that is why Margaret Thatcher criticized it so much.
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