During an innocent conversation about the merits of the various radio stations we listen to at work, a colleague commented that she found the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 rather annoying. "Oh yes!" I agreed. "I hate those programmes where members of the public are allowed to phone in with their opinions".
The reaction was: "That is such a [Ginger] thing to say!" Which has me slightly worried. Surely I don't have a reputation for favouring oppression of free speech, or a disinterest in what Joe Public has to say? I was all set to explain here in detail my defence, comprising points such as (i) such programmes favour polarised opinions and just aren't interested in the calm middle ground (ii) the sort of people/opinions that get aired just conform to the most obvious stereotypes of both ends of any debate and (iii) I get annoyed at such opportunities being presented as though the actual opinions really matter when, in the great scheme of things, they don't change a thing and are just a tokenistic way of filling airtime.
But it seems that others can say it far better than I:
Sunday 30 March 2008
What do *you* reckon?
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Alas, "Video is no longer available." Surely you didn't link to Geert Wilders' "Fitna"?!
Odd. It's working fine from here. Maybe it's (i) a cache thing or (ii) an international licensing thing.
Try here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10Bp_mPXXA
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