17
Oct
2009
Don’t hold your breath for tolerance.
In the past week, Stephen Gately, former member of Irish boy-band Boyzone, died. Jan Moir of the Daily Mail wrote an incredibly repulsive article on the subject and Charlie Brooker responded indignantly.
Meanwhile, a Ugandan minister of parliament has proposed legislation to enforce a penalty of death for the “offence of aggravated homosexuality.”
Well then.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1019/gatelys.html
“The article, published in Friday’s edition of the paper, the day before Mr Gately’s funeral, has so far prompted 21,000 complaints – the highest ever for a single article in the UK.”