Certainly bad taste but is it any more than that? It WAS just satire, after all
"Two male university students have been driven into hiding after writing a sick newspaper column about the violent rape of women. The ‘Agony Uncles’ at The Beaver, the student journal for the London School of Economics, write a regular satirical problem page.
In response to an imaginary reader’s fears about the fidelity of his girlfriend, they suggested he subdue her by subjecting her to a vicious sex attack.
They recommended hitting women in the back of the head during sex – known as ‘donkey punching’ – to keep them in check.
And they listed a series of illegal sex acts, concluding: ‘It’s not rape if you shout “surprise”.’ The shocking column, which appeared in print and online, has caused outrage at the world-leading university.
Among the most vocal have been the university’s Woman’s Society and the Feminist Society, which has petitioned for the resignation of the paper’s executive editor, Nicola Alexander.
The strength of anger is so extreme the paper has refused to reveal the writers’ names over ‘concerns about their safety’. And the university has been criticised for refusing to discipline the students.
Miss Alexander has resisted calls for her resignation, despite a 229-signature petition against her on Facebook. She admitted the article was ‘distasteful at best’ and has published a front-page apology.
A spokesman for LSE defended the university’s decision not to discipline the students.
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Just shows what passes for thought on campus these days.
Of course, the complainers are just fine if the paper advocates socialist ideas.
I find the sodialist ideas much more offensive than a stupid joke in bad taste.
-L
"I find the sodialist ideas..."
Maybe if you spent more time on a campus, you would be able to spell.
Sophomoric and vulgar humour is de rigeur on campus I thought.
Oooooh - that was very clever, anon 10:53. Maybe if you spent more time on campus you could express a cogent thought. Anyway, it's not that I can't spell, it's that I can't type.
Now STFU&GFY,YM-F,C-S,B.
-L
Hey L,
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"Political correctness is a greater threat to our freedom and liberty than is terrorism..."
Actions have consequences. They published something incredibly offensive to a bunch of their peers (the other people on their campus) and now will have to face the social implications of their actions. If there is any justice in the world these two (and the students at LSE know who they are I'm sure)will spend the rest of their time at school completely sexless. Because the only thing funnier than raping collage girls is laughing at dateless collage boys.
On the other hand, the school is not disciplining them. Because they have the freedom to publish what they did in a free society. Or at least I guess they do. I will admit to having no idea how far you can push free speech in England.
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