... just like the men before them a couple of years back, it's now the turn of the ladies of the saddle to pass through our region......in this year's Tour of Britain.
Watching the ladies matching the interest of the men, it is kind of interesting seeing this gender balance compared to some other topical female headline stories....
The obvious one which catches everyone's eyes at the moment, is in Nigeria with more antics of hoodlums under the title of the Boko Haram....
Alas our celebrities and politicians are jumping on the band wagon of holding up their hashtag's, or like the no mark politician on last night's BBC Question time, held up her wrist to show her natty red bracelet..... look at ME every one she said ..... Look how I care for those poor girls..... doesn't that make ME look so good and caring..... fook hell you stupid woman, no it does not ..... [and for the record if it had been a man politician, then that last sentence would been ....... fook hell you stupid man, no it does not......] any way I digress......
How can any one believe a celebrity media hashtag campaign will do anything worthwhile other than draw more unnecessary attention to publicity seeking dicks.......... I am surprised some dickhead has not suggested a crowd funding exercise to send in a crack team of mercenaries....
If you read some of the joe public commentators contributions to the new stories... then maybe they have........ the fab Roy of Cheshire says [and yes he does use capital letters throughout]......... USE A DRONE TO TURN THEM INTO BONE MEAL ....... ASAP....... better still good ole Steve of UK warns them........ that the SAS are coming to get you !...... der don't tell them you idiot.... now they'll be ready...... silly Steve.... nearly as bad as the Dad's Army...... German Officer - what's your name boy....... Cpt Mainwaring - Don't tell him Pike !
Steve........ fancy letting the Boko Haram know that the SAS are on their way......
And that is the stupidity by which this news story has degenerated...... What has happened to those abducted girls is a terrible injustice..... and the Nigerian President Jonathan, is gunna need more than a good luck name to sort this mess...... I hope our policitians don't end up using this naming style.... otherwise we could end up with a Prime Minster..... Notafookingclue Dave.....
Anyway I digress once more, but what is happening in Nigeria is a very complex and difficult issue surrounding terrorism, and not a simplistic view of kidnapping school girls.... when the celebrity hashtagger's say..... bring back our girls..... do they think that the SAS or the Seals are going to rush in, rescue them ala the A Team, and bring them all home on a bus to a hero's welcome..... remember the scenes at the return of the chilean miners ? ........
This not a straight forward hostage taking, like say Entebbe Airport or Munich Olympics or Iraq US Embassy....... what struck me most yesterday was the juxtaposition of 2 headline stories on the BBC news web page...... for the girls abducted in Nigeria it is a tragedy .... but the situation in Nigeria goes way beyond that..... it is about the fundamental principle of good against evil.....
Watching the ladies matching the interest of the men, it is kind of interesting seeing this gender balance compared to some other topical female headline stories....
The obvious one which catches everyone's eyes at the moment, is in Nigeria with more antics of hoodlums under the title of the Boko Haram....
Alas our celebrities and politicians are jumping on the band wagon of holding up their hashtag's, or like the no mark politician on last night's BBC Question time, held up her wrist to show her natty red bracelet..... look at ME every one she said ..... Look how I care for those poor girls..... doesn't that make ME look so good and caring..... fook hell you stupid woman, no it does not ..... [and for the record if it had been a man politician, then that last sentence would been ....... fook hell you stupid man, no it does not......] any way I digress......
How can any one believe a celebrity media hashtag campaign will do anything worthwhile other than draw more unnecessary attention to publicity seeking dicks.......... I am surprised some dickhead has not suggested a crowd funding exercise to send in a crack team of mercenaries....
If you read some of the joe public commentators contributions to the new stories... then maybe they have........ the fab Roy of Cheshire says [and yes he does use capital letters throughout]......... USE A DRONE TO TURN THEM INTO BONE MEAL ....... ASAP....... better still good ole Steve of UK warns them........ that the SAS are coming to get you !...... der don't tell them you idiot.... now they'll be ready...... silly Steve.... nearly as bad as the Dad's Army...... German Officer - what's your name boy....... Cpt Mainwaring - Don't tell him Pike !
Steve........ fancy letting the Boko Haram know that the SAS are on their way......
And that is the stupidity by which this news story has degenerated...... What has happened to those abducted girls is a terrible injustice..... and the Nigerian President Jonathan, is gunna need more than a good luck name to sort this mess...... I hope our policitians don't end up using this naming style.... otherwise we could end up with a Prime Minster..... Notafookingclue Dave.....
Anyway I digress once more, but what is happening in Nigeria is a very complex and difficult issue surrounding terrorism, and not a simplistic view of kidnapping school girls.... when the celebrity hashtagger's say..... bring back our girls..... do they think that the SAS or the Seals are going to rush in, rescue them ala the A Team, and bring them all home on a bus to a hero's welcome..... remember the scenes at the return of the chilean miners ? ........
This not a straight forward hostage taking, like say Entebbe Airport or Munich Olympics or Iraq US Embassy....... what struck me most yesterday was the juxtaposition of 2 headline stories on the BBC news web page...... for the girls abducted in Nigeria it is a tragedy .... but the situation in Nigeria goes way beyond that..... it is about the fundamental principle of good against evil.....
But that is the thing about these 2 headlines, one relates to removing these girls from a dangerous situation and the other...... well the other speaks for it's self...... I am not against the de-gendering of soldiers.... let's face it one of this land's greatest warriors was female..... good old bue-di-ka..... or if you woz taught proper like wot I woz, then her name is boda-see-er.....
So we have the celebrities hashtagging to..... bring back our girls..... and our politician's debating send away our girls....... how does that one work then ?
Quite why the faux celebrities think they are ..... their girls.... is beyond me.... they are no one's girls.... they are their own person..... maybe that is it.... if the girls man up and get some balls, we can send them out to the front line and challenge the Boko Haram...... man-to- ..... ach erm..... woman-to-man....
There was an excellent program on BBC 2 last night, Blurred Lines... presented by the loverly Kirsty Wark ...... [ oh Kirsty.... oh Kirsty ..... shall I compare thee to a Summer's day, thou art more loverly and more.......] ach erm...... where was I ?...... oh yes .....Blurred Lines*, and Kirsty presented a valid debate on whether in the modern world, through the new world order communications and the internet, misogyny is getting worse. The program didn't give too many answers but it did raise some very interesting questions..... personally I don't think misogyny is getting worse .... I think it is just getting easier to spot...... let's face it, is the Nigerian story any different to this ...... ? ....... I doubt it, both are equally repugnant ........
When it boils down to it we are all human..... a fucked up species...... and as for me ? .....do I prefer my ladies in combat fatigues or lycra ? ..... err ...... erm ......err.....
ladies ! ladies !
slow down
whilst I get my bike clips.....
*[twat alert: there was a great interview in the program where Kirsty "challenged" Rod Lidlle about somethings he had written on line about people....... he said that sometimes..... there were no boundaries, you can't censor your self as a journalist, otherwise ...... you may as well be an insurance loss adjuster...... hey Rod I choose not to censor myself when I say this...... Rod you are a twat......]
