Comments on: A new low http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/ Feminist Revolution: one cartwheel at a time Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Bath http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65847 Dave Bath Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:55:10 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65847 "People owe it to themselves to be better than this." And the press owes it to it's readers to be better than this. (And I wonder if the Hun would criticize death notices that "rip off" the work of Wycliffe, King James' committee, etc, or funerals with "Ave Maria"/"Psalm 23" sung badly... oh... out of copyright... silly me!) “People owe it to themselves to be better than this.”
And the press owes it to it’s readers to be better than this.

(And I wonder if the Hun would criticize death notices that “rip off” the work of Wycliffe, King James’ committee, etc, or funerals with “Ave Maria”/”Psalm 23″ sung badly… oh… out of copyright… silly me!)

]]> By: tigtog http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65793 tigtog Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:20:58 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65793 Yes, very good point, Deborah. It's sheer bogan-baiting, isn't it? Yes, very good point, Deborah. It’s sheer bogan-baiting, isn’t it?

]]> By: Mindy http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65776 Mindy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:14:54 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65776 Good point Deborah. I'd expect a bit of sniggering in the edit room, much the same as I suspect they spend at least some of their day saying 'they called their child What? And it's a girl? I bet she's going to change that as soon as she's old enough' etc etc but I wouldn't expect to see a column in the newspaper about how Mr and Mrs Blo from Campsie have decided to call their daughter Amazonriverflowerpetal or something. They overstepped here, regardless of who he is and what he has done he still have the right to mourn his Mum. Good point Deborah. I’d expect a bit of sniggering in the edit room, much the same as I suspect they spend at least some of their day saying ‘they called their child What? And it’s a girl? I bet she’s going to change that as soon as she’s old enough’ etc etc but I wouldn’t expect to see a column in the newspaper about how Mr and Mrs Blo from Campsie have decided to call their daughter Amazonriverflowerpetal or something. They overstepped here, regardless of who he is and what he has done he still have the right to mourn his Mum.

]]> By: Deborah http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65755 Deborah Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:33:47 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65755 It seems callously cruel on the part of the Herald Sun. And disturbing for other people too - can they be sure that the personal ads they place won't be used for casual entertainment? <abbr><em>Deborah's last blog post..<a href="http://inastrangeland.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/cooking-with-my-grandmother-traditional-christmas-cake/" rel="nofollow">Cooking with my grandmother: traditional Christmas cake</a></em></abbr> It seems callously cruel on the part of the Herald Sun. And disturbing for other people too – can they be sure that the personal ads they place won’t be used for casual entertainment?

Deborah’s last blog post..Cooking with my grandmother: traditional Christmas cake

]]> By: fuckpoliteness http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65710 fuckpoliteness Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:23:05 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65710 Did you guys read the story about the guy that the police tazered while he was at a funeral? I was livid, but I was in the middle of writing essays and have now lost the link. The police have apologised...AFTER disrupting the entire funeral and menacing other relatives with weapons! Just...WHAT?? <abbr><em>fuckpoliteness's last blog post..<a href="http://fuckpoliteness.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/no-words/" rel="nofollow">No words…</a></em></abbr> Did you guys read the story about the guy that the police tazered while he was at a funeral? I was livid, but I was in the middle of writing essays and have now lost the link. The police have apologised…AFTER disrupting the entire funeral and menacing other relatives with weapons! Just…WHAT??

fuckpoliteness’s last blog post..No words…

]]> By: Chally http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65703 Chally Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:38:38 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65703 That's really quite awful. A bit of decency wouldn't be out of line. That’s really quite awful. A bit of decency wouldn’t be out of line.

]]> By: Princess Poophead http://hoydenabouttown.com/20081124.2717/a-new-low/comment-page-1/#comment-65692 Princess Poophead Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:23:52 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2717#comment-65692 Blimey. From the sound of it he phoned through an obituary notice to be placed in the paper, and they've used it to humiliate him. Talk about a total lack of respect for his mother and the rest of the family. Blimey. From the sound of it he phoned through an obituary notice to be placed in the paper, and they’ve used it to humiliate him. Talk about a total lack of respect for his mother and the rest of the family.

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