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May 17 2011, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 08:30 AM) The rich and famous think they can pay for super injunctions to protect privacy when patently everyone knows who the people are that have taken them out. If they don't want to be in the red tops perhaps they should refrain from certain nocturnal behaviour that they are obviously ashamed about rather than just expecting it not to be reported on or paying for it not to be so. I'm for freedom of speech and think that super injunctions are not a good idea as they restrict freedom of speech. Thoughts everyone? Who cares? I don't really care what people do in their private lives.
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May 17 2011, 08:06 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 08:59 AM) Who cares? I don't really care what people do in their private lives. I don't either. But I do think you are missing the point.
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May 17 2011, 08:16 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 09:06 AM) I don't either. But I do think you are missing the point. Not at all. The tabloid press is interested in selling newspapers & making money - not in freedom of speech.
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May 17 2011, 08:20 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 09:16 AM) Not at all.
The tabloid press is interested in selling newspapers & making money - not in freedom of speech. Again agreed. But why should they be stopped from reporting on something that sells newspapers unless it is in the national interest not to do so?
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May 17 2011, 08:27 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 09:20 AM) Again agreed. But why should they be stopped from reporting on something that sells newspapers unless it is in the national interest not to do so? Would you be happy if it were you? Would you consider your self 'fair game'? The media don't play fair, so why should they expect the 'celebrities' to do the same?
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May 17 2011, 08:48 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 09:27 AM) Would you be happy if it were you? Would you consider your self 'fair game'?
The media don't play fair, so why should they expect the 'celebrities' to do the same? Yes - if I were rich, famous, courted celebrity and then went to a hooker to have a 'd***o' stuck up my nether regions whilst being spanked by a £200 time a go dominatrix then I would consider myself 'fair game'. These people earn a lot of wealth through courting celebrity. By doing so they open themselves up for criticism. It go's with the territory. They should not be 'protected'.
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May 17 2011, 09:16 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 09:48 AM) Yes - if I were rich, famous, courted celebrity and then went to a hooker to have a 'd***o' stuck up my nether regions whilst being spanked by a £200 time a go dominatrix then I would consider myself 'fair game'. These people earn a lot of wealth through courting celebrity. By doing so they open themselves up for criticism. It go's with the territory. They should not be 'protected'. So if you were not rich, famous & courted celebrity and then went to a hooker to have a 'd***o' stuck up my nether regions whilst being spanked by a £200 time a go dominatrix & it was in the papers you'd be upset?
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May 17 2011, 09:19 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 10:16 AM) So if you were not rich, famous & courted celebrity and then went to a hooker to have a 'd***o' stuck up my nether regions whilst being spanked by a £200 time a go dominatrix & it was in the papers you'd be upset? I suppose it would depend on my personal life. I'd be ashamed though and would half expect it - as part of the thrill for some of these people is the idea of being 'caught'.
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May 17 2011, 09:23 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ May 17 2011, 10:10 AM) Wealth , prestige or position should not protect people from the glare of public scrutiny when the beheve in a manner unbecoming, they are happy enough to be in the glare of publicity when the want the attention. Its a door that swings both ways ! Quite right. but Wealth , prestige or position should not be a reason to splash what would otherwise be a non-story all over the media.
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May 17 2011, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 10:19 AM) I suppose it would depend on my personal life. I'd be ashamed though and would half expect it - as part of the thrill for some of these people is the idea of being 'caught'. And apparently there is no such thing as 'bad' publicity.
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May 17 2011, 09:29 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 09:16 AM) Not at all.
The tabloid press is interested in selling newspapers & making money - not in freedom of speech. QUOTE (dannyboy @ May 17 2011, 10:23 AM) Quite right. but Wealth , prestige or position should not be a reason to splash what would otherwise be a non-story all over the media. Surely that is a contradiction? If it were a non-story it would not sell newspapers!
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May 17 2011, 09:40 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ May 17 2011, 10:29 AM) Surely that is a contradiction? If it were a non-story it would not sell newspapers! It isn't news. Story may be the correct word. But **** sticks..... It always makes me laugh that The Sun - you know the paper with the tits on page three so schoolboys can go & have a **** - takes the moral high ground over such 'shag & tell' drivel. The Sun being the sister paper of the NOTW which used illegal phone tapping to get 'stories' & had a football pundit working for the same corporation fired cos he was about to go to court over the matter.
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May 17 2011, 09:59 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ May 17 2011, 10:55 AM) If you raise your head above the parapet be prepared for someone to take a potshot at you ! People cannot be selective about what the papers print, as I say if you don't want the limelight then don't attract the attention in the first place. Quite my point and I agree whole heartedly. Super Injuctions are a slippery slope to gaging the free press.
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