kelly bows into media pressure

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  It was inevitable that she would bow to tabloid pressure.
  
  Sadly I suspect that most of the population agrees with her, so democracy in action I suppose....

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  Toadborg wrote:

  It was inevitable that she would bow to tabloid pressure.
  
  Sadly I suspect that most of the population agrees with her, so democracy in action I suppose....

  
  
  i'm waiting for a thing saying
  

  51% of the population believes banning all oppositon parties is in the best interests of improving peoples lives

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  Ruth Kelly is a young boy, with a false deep voice to try to sound older for getting served in bars.

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  Or Pete Docherty in a dress.

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  "Paedos out!" "Hang them all!" "Think of the childreeeeeeeeeen!"
  
  
  
  
  
  Why don't we just give Murdoch and Rothermere the keys to 10 Downing St. and we get over and done with it all?

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  wheresmyplacebo wrote:

  personally i think it's a stupid move, mainly because you always need some level of discretion... this law would for example stop a 16yr old boy who got cautioned for having sex with his 15yr old girlfriend, or even kissing her under the sexual offences act of last year or the year before
  

  Skinny dipping gets you onto the sex offenders list too :nervous:

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  Randomgirl wrote:

  Skinny dipping gets you onto the sex offenders list too :nervous:

  Yeah, I think having sex in public does too. Surely the sex offenders register should be for real offenses, rather than just offending peoples sensibilities. I was laughing at a letter in the local rag tonight. A guy wrote in, outraged at the fact that a programme was broadcast before the watershed, which had a gay kiss in, and "references to lesbians." Think of the children, won't somebody PLEASE think of the children! :banghead:

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  JsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit

  January 2006

  I'm With Stupid wrote:

  Think of the children, won't somebody PLEASE think of the children! :banghead:

  
  Shame some people think of the children a bit too much..........

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  JsT wrote:

  Shame some people think of the children a bit too much..........

  People that want to sell a lot of newspapers.

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  Former Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru

  January 2006

  Just a quick factual note - although a lot of media outlets are saying "anyone on the sex offenders register will be banned from working in schools" that's not what is going to happen. What Kelly actually said was that anyone cautioned or convicted for a child sex offence will go on the banned list, as will those cautioned or convicted of an (unspecified) range of 'serious' adult sex offences. Skinny dipping probably wouldn't be covered, having consensual sex with an adult in a public place probably wouldn't, rape, whatever the age of the victim, probably would.
  
  However the former teacher who ended up marrying the 15 year old he began a sexual relationship with would have been convicted of a 'child sex offence' and would be subject to the automatic ban.
  
  No opinion in this post - just wanted to correct some of the mis-information given out by the media, particularly ITV News at 10:30 last night which continually said that everyone on the sex offenders register would be banned from working in schools which is actually not true.

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