tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post2598747474985999472..comments2024-01-10T00:22:30.681+00:00Comments on PLATTITUDE: Medusa's daughter and the golliwogSteve Platthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04258173355418446390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-36647591010086635852009-02-09T09:40:00.000+00:002009-02-09T09:40:00.000+00:00For once we were conducting ourselves with restrai...For once we were conducting ourselves with restraint. It wasn't until his mother spoke on the record that most papers took that as the red light to publish the name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-18392125585664204712009-02-08T23:31:00.000+00:002009-02-08T23:31:00.000+00:00I'm not keen on burning witches, in ye olde witch ...I'm not keen on burning witches, in ye olde witch burning days, for various reasons I wouldn't have survived for long. <BR/><BR/>It puzzles me too as to why the media didn't disclose Tsonga's name for so long, it was doing the rounds on various uk press/pr lists from much earlier. <BR/><BR/>FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-54103539142819531182009-02-08T21:59:00.000+00:002009-02-08T21:59:00.000+00:00You might be right: maybe we should burn the witch...You might be right: maybe we should burn the witch. But I just can't get myself worked up about it.<BR/><BR/>And I still don't understand why it took the media several days before they told us who Little Ms T was talking about.Steve Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258173355418446390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227923538311048670.post-82471163906648204512009-02-08T14:11:00.000+00:002009-02-08T14:11:00.000+00:00I think it's a case of 'apples and pears' to compa...I think it's a case of 'apples and pears' to compare this to the BBC's lack of guts in refusing to run the DEC appeal. <BR/><BR/>And can't quite believe I'm agreeing with Janet Street-Porter when she says in today's Indy that 'you have to be downright dim not to know that such language is offensive in contemporary Britain.'<BR/><BR/>As Chiles wrote recently 'Ms Thatcher had said: 'You also have to consider the frogs. You know, that froggy golliwog guy.'<BR/><BR/>She apparently added: 'Ooh, if I was Prince Harry I'd get shot for saying that.'<BR/><BR/>And that Jo Brand was 'aghast' by her comments and challenged her about using the word 'golliwog'.<BR/><BR/>'"Yes, well, he's half-black," Carol explained, waving her hand in front of her face,' Chiles said in The Sun.<BR/><BR/>This is the kind of insidious middle-class racism that so hard to challenge. <BR/><BR/>And as to no comment by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seems he has: <BR/><BR/>'Tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has reportedly claimed that he was hurt by Carol Thatcher's comments referring to him as a "golliwog".<BR/><BR/>According to The Mirror, the star called his mother when the incident made the news and told her that he was "deeply hurt and upset".<BR/><BR/>Tsonga said: "I tried to escape the fuss but I'm astonished about the attack. Why me?"<BR/><BR/>His mother Evelyne commented: "Nobody deserves to be called a golliwog, least of all my son.<BR/><BR/>"Carol Thatcher should be deeply ashamed. The only consolation is the BBC acted swiftly to fire her.<BR/><BR/>"She's a high-profile figure and if she uses nasty terms like golliwog it sends out a message for everyone to do it."<BR/><BR/>She added that Thatcher's remark was unsurprising considering her background and that it brought shame on Britain.'<BR/><BR/>Yep, she certainly hit the nail on the head in that last paragraph.<BR/><BR/><BR/>FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com