BBC: Women should regard wolf-whistling as a compliment, Joanna Lumley has said.6 Oct 2016
The Cult Of Diversity At The BBC
Joanna Lumley Points Out Wolf-Whistling Is A Compliment
BBC: Women should regard wolf-whistling as a compliment, Joanna Lumley has said.The 70-year-old - an actor, presenter, campaigner, and former model - claimed people had become "sensitive flowers" who were "very offended by everything".
In July, Nottinghamshire Police said wolf-whistling could be a hate crime.
In the interview, Ms Lumley said people had been "tougher" in the 1960s.
"When I was modelling, photographers were much ruder," she said.
"They'd say: 'You look frightful, what's the matter with you?', 'You look podgy, you look fat as a pig.'
"It was good-natured banter. You kind of got on with it, it didn't upset you."
'A bit of banter'
Last month, Nottinghamshire Police said they had recorded 11 misogynistic hate crimes since April, which covers offences including harassment, kidnapping, possession of weapons and causing public fear, alarm or distress.There were also 19 misogynistic "hate incidents", which cover behaviour less serious than a criminal act such as name calling and offensive jokes.
In Worcester in April last year, a 23-year-old woman reported wolf-whistling builders to the police.
‘Trumped: A Nation On The Brink Of Ruin... And How To Bring It Back’
Washington Leads The World To War
By Paul Craig Roberts: What must the world think watching the US presidential campaign? Over time US political campaigns have become more unreal and less related to voters’ concerns, but the current one is so unreal as to be absurd.
The offshoring of American jobs by global corporations and the deregulation of the US financial system have resulted in American economic failure. One might think that this would be an issue in a presidential campaign.
The neoconservative ideology of US world hegemony is driving the US and its vassals into conflict with Russia and China. The risks of nuclear war are higher than at any previous time in history. One might think that this also would be an issue in a presidential campaign.
Instead, the issues are Trump’s legal use of tax laws and his non-hostile attitude toward President Putin of Russia.
One might think that the issue would be Hillary’s extremely hostile attitude toward Putin (“the new Hitler”), which promises conflict with a major nuclear power.
As for benefitting from tax laws, Pat Buchanan pointed out that Hillary used to her benefit a loss almost as large as Trump’s and during the Arkansas years Hillary even took a tax deduction for itemized pieces of used clothing donated to a charity, including $2 for one of Bill’s used underpants.
The offshoring of American jobs by global corporations and the deregulation of the US financial system have resulted in American economic failure. One might think that this would be an issue in a presidential campaign.
The neoconservative ideology of US world hegemony is driving the US and its vassals into conflict with Russia and China. The risks of nuclear war are higher than at any previous time in history. One might think that this also would be an issue in a presidential campaign.
Instead, the issues are Trump’s legal use of tax laws and his non-hostile attitude toward President Putin of Russia.One might think that the issue would be Hillary’s extremely hostile attitude toward Putin (“the new Hitler”), which promises conflict with a major nuclear power.
As for benefitting from tax laws, Pat Buchanan pointed out that Hillary used to her benefit a loss almost as large as Trump’s and during the Arkansas years Hillary even took a tax deduction for itemized pieces of used clothing donated to a charity, including $2 for one of Bill’s used underpants.
All The Ways You Can Comply And Still Die During An Encounter With US Police
“Police are specialists in violence. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. With varying degrees of subtlety, this colors their every action. Like the possibility of arrest, the threat of violence is implicit in every police encounter. Violence, as well as the law, is what they represent.” - Author Kristian Williams.
By John W. Whitehead: How do you protect yourself from flying fists, choking hands, disabling electrified darts and killing bullets?
How do you defend yourself against individuals who have been indoctrinated into believing that they are superior to you, that their word is law, and that they have the power to take your life?
Most of all, how can you maintain the illusion of freedom when daily, Americans are being shot, stripped, searched, choked, beaten and tasered by police for little more than daring to frown, smile, question, challenge an order or just exist?
The short answer: you can’t.
Now for the long answer, which is far more complicated but still leaves us feeling hopeless, helpless and vulnerable to the fears, moods and misguided training of every cop on the beat.
If you ask police and their enablers what Americans should do to stay alive during encounters with law enforcement, they will tell you to comply (or die).
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By John W. Whitehead: How do you protect yourself from flying fists, choking hands, disabling electrified darts and killing bullets? How do you defend yourself against individuals who have been indoctrinated into believing that they are superior to you, that their word is law, and that they have the power to take your life?
Most of all, how can you maintain the illusion of freedom when daily, Americans are being shot, stripped, searched, choked, beaten and tasered by police for little more than daring to frown, smile, question, challenge an order or just exist?
The short answer: you can’t.
Now for the long answer, which is far more complicated but still leaves us feeling hopeless, helpless and vulnerable to the fears, moods and misguided training of every cop on the beat.
If you ask police and their enablers what Americans should do to stay alive during encounters with law enforcement, they will tell you to comply (or die).
UK Premiere Of The Red Pill (Film)
By William Collins aka MRA-UK: This is to announce that the UK Premiere of Cassie Jaye’s new film The Red Pill will feature in the closing session of this Men’s Working Forum event. Some of you who donated via KickStarter may be listed in the credits.
To quote emails received from Cassie Jaye (addressed to the individual who has been kind enough to organise and pay for the screening),
“We’re thrilled to have you hosting what will likely be the UK Premiere of The Red Pill. We’ll be shipping out your screening package this week and Anna Laclergue will be the one tracking it to make sure it arrives to you in time for your screening.”
The Men’s Working Forum event will take place on the weekend of 29th & 30th October 2016, starting on the evening of Friday 28th. From the ad for the event,
The aims of the Forum are (i) to identify activities that would eradicate male inequalities, (ii) to build a national network of male activists based upon social interaction between, and personal knowledge of, individual members, and, (iii) to help the Men’s Movement project a more professional public and political front.
To quote emails received from Cassie Jaye (addressed to the individual who has been kind enough to organise and pay for the screening),“We’re thrilled to have you hosting what will likely be the UK Premiere of The Red Pill. We’ll be shipping out your screening package this week and Anna Laclergue will be the one tracking it to make sure it arrives to you in time for your screening.”
The Men’s Working Forum event will take place on the weekend of 29th & 30th October 2016, starting on the evening of Friday 28th. From the ad for the event,
The aims of the Forum are (i) to identify activities that would eradicate male inequalities, (ii) to build a national network of male activists based upon social interaction between, and personal knowledge of, individual members, and, (iii) to help the Men’s Movement project a more professional public and political front.
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