Thatcher, the Beeb and a really old song

Eh, people settle on what they settle on. As well to tell a flock of sparrows they've flown in the wrong direction, or a school of fish to swim the other way.

And if someone told me that the purchase of "Dancing in the Streets" was a political act this week, I'd have to ask why. But if someone told me "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead" was one, I wouldn't. And it coulda been more offensive: what if it had been "Tramp the Dirt Down"?

We'll have custom-written songs recorded and into iTunes in a week or so. Good ones, maybe a bit longer.

The irony is that the people saying that the song shouldn't be played are pretty much the same people who hate that "political correctness" means they can't say wog any more. I admit that awareness of this tempers my interest in their arguments.

I just adore the pearl-clutching the Daily Mail are indulging in right now. They hate censorship when they're being told they can't call gays 'poofs', and they hate being told what they can and cannot do when they're not allowed to ban gays from B&Bs, or slag off Muslims. But playing a song with a mildly rude sentiment against a much-hated dead person is beyond the pale, apparently.

Let's not forget this is the same newspaper that slagged off Michael Foot when he was barely cold in his grave.

seun said:

Are you accusing the Daily Mail and its readers of having double standards?

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That paragon of truth? That voice of the SILENT MAJORITY? That tireless crusader for justice for the horribly oppressed "Straight White Male Middle Class Christians"? Never.

I still remember the SHOCK and HORROR when the Mail discovered that not all police are Christians. There might even be...

Pagan Officers!

BunnyMaz said:

I still remember the SHOCK and HORROR when the Mail discovered that not all police are Christians. There might even be...

Pagan Officers!

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Drinking blood on duty! Wearing hats made out of Christian newborns! Stopping three times an hour to worship Satan! No wonder the country's going to the dogs...