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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on February 17, 2018, 02:14:20 PM

Title: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 17, 2018, 02:14:20 PM: Correct, attack on free speech or something else?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43093154
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Rhiannon on February 17, 2018, 02:16:50 PM: Astute business decision?
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 17, 2018, 02:20:33 PM: Quote from: Rhiannon on February 17, 2018, 02:16:50 PM
Astute business decision?
Yes, it feels that way. It's not as if Littlejohn and the Mail don't have form so it's hardly a new issue.
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on February 17, 2018, 02:49:44 PM: Compared to Littlejohn's racist articles, that one is quite mild. It's Center Parc's money.
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 17, 2018, 02:51:32 PM: Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on February 17, 2018, 02:49:44 PM
Compared to Littlejohn's racist articles, that one is quite mild. It's Center Parc's money.
Indeed, which is why I think Rhiannon's right here.
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on February 17, 2018, 03:03:36 PM: I have taken a look at "Stop Funding Hate", I do find it interesting that it seems to concentrate more on the Wail, & Scums hatred of foreigners, rather than gays.
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 17, 2018, 03:05:32 PM: Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on February 17, 2018, 03:03:36 PM
I have taken a look at "Stop Funding Hate", I do find it interesting that it seems to concentrate more on the Wail, & Scums hatred of foreigners, rather than gays.
I think the racism gets more front pages in them than the homophobia
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on February 17, 2018, 03:15:15 PM: As regulars will know, I do have an interest in the racism, the Wail has this tendency to run articles slagging one particular ethnic minority one day, then run another with them as heroes/heroines the next.
Title: Re: Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article
Post by: Steve H on February 17, 2018, 03:25:08 PM: I don't see how it can be considered an attack on free speech. Centre Parks (who should learn to spell) can advertise where they like.