Let's face it there really is no victory. Until people decide to stop reading the sun et all then it will continue to pollute our society.
Shouldn't stop us enjoy this small symbolic victory though, social progress is always slow.
Don't forget that most of them have said they don't read the sun. This means they are committing another nsc cardinal sin and being outrageded on other people's behalf.
Maybe the world would be a better place if we could transcend our base desires. As you said we have evolved and could be operating above these instincts. I also think that it would be good to transcend our base desires before forming opinions on the goings on in our world (or poor approximations...
i will leave that one with you :) There is plenty of sociological and phycological information about this kind of exploitation (on my way to lunch so you may have to find it yourself, is you are interested) but I am going to stick with my gut reactions of considering a scenario of my daughter...
A somewhat hysterical reaction I think!! Surely you are not going to suggest that those wishing to see a pair of tits are going to be massively hampered in doing so by them not being in a newspaper. I think that the desire to see tits is easily sated in today's society. Are they really needed in...
Meaning exploitation doesn't need to come at gun point. I would suggest that many exploited people are making the choice to be the situation they are in, doesn't stop them being exploited. Maybe they have little other choice.
I agree it is pretty sad, but surely it is symptomatic of a larger...
I think it is yes, not really adding anything was it? Bit of titillation while you are reading your exaggerated and trivial nonsense. Pandering to our base level emotions and desires is exactly what Murdoch wants to achieve.
Come to think of it there is probably quite a lot of harm in it.