4 Lions - when does bad taste become dark humour?
Back in January 2009, there was a little article in The Guardian referring to thefunding of a film by Chris Morris by FilmFour, the film production arm of Channel 4. The film, "4 Lions", has now bee…
Tagged: morality
PCC, Stephen Gately and liberal backlash
The Press Complaints Commissionshas decided not to uphold complaints about an article by Jan Moirabout the circumstances surrounding Stephen Gately's death. I'm not going to rehash the details of the…
Saying Sorry, Contrition, Repentance and the Scorpion
Earlier this weekI commented on the words of John Healey, the Housing Minister who said that repossession is not always a bad thing. As has been pointed out, the 46,000 people repossessed in the last…
Moral relativism and evil
moralityFirst of all, for anyone unaware of the news stories about the two pre-teen thugs from Edlington who tortured and abused two little boys, here's a link to the story. Now, I passed a comment o…
Will no one think about the children...
I'm a big fan of 'The Simpsons' and in one episode there is a morally outraged female character who keeps screaming the expression 'Will no one think about the children' whenever something crops up. I…