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The Daily Mail - there's something very, very, very wrong here.
Surprise, surprise - another 'anti Daily Mail wail' from me.
...but honestly, isn't this a little bit digraceful?
The Daily Mail (I won't print the link) has published on the front page of it's website, a picture of a man who has recently been gored to death by an elephant in New Delhi.
It's the first thing you see when you go to their home page - great big banner pictures.
Am I being over-senstive, or is this really wrong?
...but honestly, isn't this a little bit digraceful?
The Daily Mail (I won't print the link) has published on the front page of it's website, a picture of a man who has recently been gored to death by an elephant in New Delhi.
It's the first thing you see when you go to their home page - great big banner pictures.
Am I being over-senstive, or is this really wrong?
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i read the DM, and find it quite informative, certain journos are funny. i have bought the gruniad before but decided that the left wingers on it were completely nuts. Almost as biased as the BBC....
My favourite has always been the Telegraph, loved the c/w, but it became too cumbersome to lug around. All papers have an agenda, from lowest to the highest.
Someday perhaps i will go back to DT, who knows.
My favourite has always been the Telegraph, loved the c/w, but it became too cumbersome to lug around. All papers have an agenda, from lowest to the highest.
Someday perhaps i will go back to DT, who knows.
The Daily Wail and The Sun seem particularly bad at printing unsubstantiated stories from Hacks which can actually cause real distress to people and then - despite knowing the stories are dodgy - they force people to drag them into court to extract a retraction, apology or damages.
e.g. The Daily Mail and the Sri Lankan hunger striker they libelled
http://www.guardian.c...ameswaran-subramanyam
e.g. The Daily Mail and the Sri Lankan hunger striker they libelled
http://www.guardian.c...ameswaran-subramanyam
Have I seriously just seen the British in Kenya called settlers!?!
We went into their country and took it by force killing 10's of thousands (if not more) Kenyans, the east african company stated at the time "There is only one way to improve the Wakikuyu, that is wipe them out; I should be only too delighted to do so, but we have to depend on them for food supplies" the killing was so bad that even Winston Churchill said "It looks like butchery... Surely it cannot be necessary to go on killing these defenceless people on such an enormous scale" and he was never known to back down on a lot.
We were not settlers, we were invaders on a massive scale and we acted like barbarians, is it any surprise the locals retaliated!
A lot of people seem to view history with very rose tinted glasses and seem to think we were welcomed with open arms as saviours wherever we went, when in truth that area of British history has a lot to be ashamed about!
We went into their country and took it by force killing 10's of thousands (if not more) Kenyans, the east african company stated at the time "There is only one way to improve the Wakikuyu, that is wipe them out; I should be only too delighted to do so, but we have to depend on them for food supplies" the killing was so bad that even Winston Churchill said "It looks like butchery... Surely it cannot be necessary to go on killing these defenceless people on such an enormous scale" and he was never known to back down on a lot.
We were not settlers, we were invaders on a massive scale and we acted like barbarians, is it any surprise the locals retaliated!
A lot of people seem to view history with very rose tinted glasses and seem to think we were welcomed with open arms as saviours wherever we went, when in truth that area of British history has a lot to be ashamed about!
Chuckfickens you are right, however, do we still rage against the Romans, who weren't noted for their gentility in the face of opposition, nor come to think of it The Normans, or indeed the Norsemen, raping, pillaging, and generally treating the locals with contempt, and killing people on an industrial scale.
Nor indeed should anyone forget that had Hitler succeeded in conquering Britain, most of us wouldn't be here now to have our debates on any matter, including who conquered who. Did not the west turn its head when the slaughter occured in Rwanda, mass tribal genocide. Perhaps it thought had it interferred it would be accused of imperialism. Britain had an empire once, it doesn't anymore,
but you blame the governments of the time, not the British people en masse, as most were under the yoke as much as anyone.
Nor indeed should anyone forget that had Hitler succeeded in conquering Britain, most of us wouldn't be here now to have our debates on any matter, including who conquered who. Did not the west turn its head when the slaughter occured in Rwanda, mass tribal genocide. Perhaps it thought had it interferred it would be accused of imperialism. Britain had an empire once, it doesn't anymore,
but you blame the governments of the time, not the British people en masse, as most were under the yoke as much as anyone.
/// garbage newspaper and should only be read by people in that profession. But then they should receive danger money for handling it. ///
Should be plenty of 'Anti-Daily Mail Brigade' members on AB. in line for a bit of 'danger money' then.
After they have changed their profession that is.
p.s. Is being in the garbage business a profession?
I think someone is talking a load of garbage and it is not me.
Should be plenty of 'Anti-Daily Mail Brigade' members on AB. in line for a bit of 'danger money' then.
After they have changed their profession that is.
p.s. Is being in the garbage business a profession?
I think someone is talking a load of garbage and it is not me.
/// The Hudson's Bay Company was the ruler of large parts of what became the Dominion of Canada. The British South Africa Company was Cecil Rhodes's vehicle for developing Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia). There was also an Imperial British East Africa Company that was influential in developing Kenya and opening up Uganda before being replaced by direct rule from the Colonial Office.///
The British did not invade Kenya, they entered it through trade.
The British did not invade Kenya, they entered it through trade.
/// On 3rd October, Mau Mau probably claimed their first European victim when they stabbed a woman to death near her home in Thika. A week later, on 9th October, Senior Chief Waruhiu had been shot to death in broad daylight in his car. Waruhiu had been one of the strongest supporters of the British presence in Kenya, ///
/// The day after the round up, another prominent loyalist chief, Nderi, was hacked to pieces, and a series of gruesome murders against settlers were committed throughout the months that followed ///
Is it any wonder the British as well as the Kikuyu anti nationalists, got a little annoyed?
We had a backbone in those days, unlike the fighting with 'one hand tied behind our backs' system we operate today.
/// The day after the round up, another prominent loyalist chief, Nderi, was hacked to pieces, and a series of gruesome murders against settlers were committed throughout the months that followed ///
Is it any wonder the British as well as the Kikuyu anti nationalists, got a little annoyed?
We had a backbone in those days, unlike the fighting with 'one hand tied behind our backs' system we operate today.
The Daily Mail have no scruples.
They print anything that sells.
When Katie Price put make up on the daughter at a children's party, and someone sent a copy to the Mail, the Mail printed the picture, with an article saying what a disgraceful picture it was, and how it sexualised a young child.
Err, and remind me who it was who printed this "disgraceful" picture !!
In fact, they printed it twice more that week.
They print anything that sells.
When Katie Price put make up on the daughter at a children's party, and someone sent a copy to the Mail, the Mail printed the picture, with an article saying what a disgraceful picture it was, and how it sexualised a young child.
Err, and remind me who it was who printed this "disgraceful" picture !!
In fact, they printed it twice more that week.
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