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The thing with satire is that no one actually takes it that seriously.
Generally people know you’re taking the p!ss and laugh it off.
After all (especially in the UK) satire has a long and proud history.
The only exception to this is the whole second world war nazi thing.
You can pretty much get away with anything until you introduce a storm trooper uniform or compare someone to Hitler.
Today Tom Harris, Glasgow South MP, uploaded a YouTube clip based on a scene from the 2004 movie Downfall, poking fun at the First Minister’s secrecy over the Scottish independence referendum. Read more here.
…he then had to resign.
In fairness he should have know better… especially in holocaust week, but still…
Anyway in other news apparently Rupert Murdoch isn’t very happy at Google.
He called them a ‘piracy leader’ while his news organisations are still in court explaining why it’s ok to hack into the voice mail of dead teenagers…glass houses and stones spring to mind.
But I think it maybe runs a little deeper, after all Google’s corporate motto is “Don’t be evil” – maybe Murdoch feels threatened?
Rupert Murdoch is an asshole. Nice blog you got btw, subscribed.
the hitler meme never gets old
lol love how Murdoch is using twitter now after learning from the Giggs super inj issue
I don't think he should have had to resign over that. It was just a joke. Rupert Murdoch really needs to just give in to old age, but I'm not sure he can die.
And the Nazi thing is strange, because eventually Nazi's always come up in heated discussions. Google Godwin's law.
Anyhow, great blog, glad I found it and am now following you!
He's ridiculous.
Grr he gives aussies a bad name. 🙁 Nice post! keep it up
I bet he does feel some threat.
Don't mess with murdoch.
That Downfall clip does get a lot of usage. But yeah, you gotta know when to use it and when to laugh and think "That'd be funny." Also, and I hate changing the subject in such a childish manner, but the phrase "taking the piss" is one of my all time favorites.
Rupert Mur-DickFace is one of many greedy, evil asswipes in today's society. I'm sure he does feel threatened. Good post, G.
Murdoch should shut his trap, he doesn't seem to understand batshit of how things work.
i compare police officers to nazis all the time.