I'm just going to direct this to all three of you (Capo, bogey, Geoff), and chime in my two cents by saying Journalists, on a whole, are generally assholes; Especially this particular demeanor of journalists. Many of them are concerned entirely with advancing their careers, and since they're dealing with the media, that pretty much means choking out a weaker being. Sure, there are some decent people, but it's all politics in the long run.

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I find the paedophile in the video to be funny

I'm 20,704 days old today. I feel it.

On the other hand, you are only 0.056 Millenia old.

God bless ya... now I feel young.

Tony = Phony

(As in Blair, or Soprano; actually, keep it at Blair so as not to piss off the Italian Americans as well as the American Americans.)

Or:

Blair = Flair
Blair = Care
Blair = Blah

Or:

Response = Nonce

Or:

Rhyme = Crime

What "bigger SCUM" means I'm not entirely sure, but it's a common word round here that describes anything which doesn't fit into the norm. Terrorist scum, paedofile scum... it's a very scummy word.

What do you actually mean by "bigger SCUM"? And why was the scum (assuming you're not using it as an acronym) capitalised? To shock, to illustrate, illuminate, highlight the truth? What is the truth?

Anyway, I realise it's important to note that, if I were to align myself with either of those two, it'd be the journalist, at least in his intent. As far as descriptive, to-the-point responses go, I'd fully repeat what the paedofile exclaims: "You are a shit-haaaause!"

I think this probably sums up the reporter and all his cringe-worthy, hyperbolic fuck-faced-ness; hopefully, the absurdity in the reportage is lucid enough - if it isn't, let's lament how post-modernity has blinded us truly and fully:

"And even wrote them love letters which are [looking at the piece of paper in his hand, presumably the love letters themselves!] too sick to read out to You."

I capitalise "You" for a reason; the exclusion of this sentence, and the false and vulgar aspiration for knowledge and truth on his part, makes me want to vomit, or ejaculate, or both.

Are those props in his hands really Geoffrey Leonard's love letters, and the boys' police statements? I very much doubt it. It's manipulative to the highest degree; I see it no more so than a Michael Moore documentary... only this is more in line with the norm, and hence more excusable, I suppose. Not for me; I agree both with Fahrenheit 9/11's cause and the Fight against Paedofilia (if there even is one), but this is plain irresponsible reportage, and it's a sad state of affairs when stuff like this is shown so as to be the sort of band-wagon-jumping, "Yee-haw!" kind of circus.

The reporter asks, "Would you like to say sorry?" which is a fucking joke, surely.

The violence of journalism is far more subtle than the violation of little boys, but it's just as vulgar, and just as manipulative; in fact, it is more so, in that at least the effects of paedofilia are known to (that is, felt by) the victim; journalism manipulates so as to cover its own traces. Consumption of the news, of media of all kinds, is on the whole (on the whole being outside of academic practice or other, more engaged concerns) a ridiculously passive thing. We're under the impression (illusion, for that is the power of the Media) that we're dependent on it. It's like eating and eating and eating, without ever realising how obese you're becoming.

In this respect it is like the Church - and it is no coincidence that journalism of this sort is a symptom of the Western Syndrome: it is synonymous with the same society on which Christianity feeds, in its reductive and irresponsible manipulation of the Masses.

Good lad

I'm making my own lasagna for the first time. I think its my last time, too.

(It doesn't look anything like the lasagna I've eaten before ).

at least wait till you've tried some of it SC....?

It came out very "mushy". Maybe it'll be better when its re-heated and firms up a bit.

Its a lot of work.

Nicole makes her grandmother's recipe for homemade lasagna. So whenever we have it she cooks it. I might be brave and try it myself sometime. You have to cook at least 2 pans full because you're buying so much. I don't think it's hard as much as it is time consuming in mixing everything up.

C'mon, SC, what are you bitching about?? Make some sauce, boil some noodles, a little ricotta, a little mozzarella, slap 'em together, put it all in the oven, bing, bang, boom - lasagna!!!

As for journalists, that's what they do. They need to create not only a story, but a story behind the story. They need to create their quote or sound-bite. Quite often, it's scummy, to say the least, and involves goading people, taking advantage of people, etc.

I was once at a press conference with then-Governor Pataki. It was to announce the opening of a factory in the county, but it happened to be the same day that Rudy Giuliani announced that he would not be running against Hillary Clinton for Senate. Despite the Governor's repeated statements that he would not comment on the story, that Giuliani deserved privacy, that the press should be asking about the Italian company that was opening its first US factory, the reporters peppered him with questions about the Senate race. He very calmly repeated the same thing over and over, showing remarkable restraint. Every single reporter was trying to get him to misspeak. It was disgusting.

Oh I see, that whole speech about pedophiles and journalists was just a long winded set up for a rip on Christianity.

I'm sick of all of you who go around ripping Christians here on the board! Your anti-Christian, pro-pedophelific views are nonsense! I'm sick of it!

I hope you SCUMbags go to hell. And I mean the BAD part of hell. Where there is fire! LOTS of FIRE!

And before you start ripping on my use of vocabulary I know pedophelific isn't in the dictionary. But it's a word, you know why? Because I used it in a sentence. Plus I plan on writing Merriam-Webster an email demanding it be added.

Why do you think I joined in the conversation? Being a non-christian, it gives a good opportunity for me rip apart christianity with the help of immoral and atheistic christians like capo and llc. My god is greater than yours. My god inherently designed paedophilia. Why do you think he made penises for young boys? It could have been like a wisdom tooth which appears only in adulthood. See, it all makes sense. yes.

I, sir, agree. I think the lot of them are sick, immoral, liberal scumbags. I'd recommend they all go and stick their keyboards where the sun don't shine.

Nice... more sarcasm. I'm getting extremely angry.

You should be used to this on here.Just ignore it all.

Rise above it Blibble my son

Stick to your beliefs..

15 days until i go to germany...should be nice,first xmas in Germany for me..

Woke up to a pleasant surprise... a snow covered street. Its not supposed to amount to anything later (when it will change to rain) but the first snow of the season is always nice:

Wish i could wake up to that,we just get rain and lots of it..

wow that looks great, its just pissing it down here

We'll have that later... its too cold for it now but its gonna rain heavily tonight.

I hate rain

whats the tempreture at the minute?

19°F or minus 7°C

Phew quite cold then its about 8c here

I may experiance my first white xmas ever in Germany this year.I bet it rains cause im there.

i thought Germany was the same climate as us?

When do you go?