Is it just me or are we seeing the same (albeit on a much smaller scale) mass hysteria that greeted the accidental death of a princess over the rather infantile and offensive radio prank by Ross and Brand.
One complaint escalated to 18,000 as competitor light entertainment shows - ie newspapers - lead the witch-hunt. At the same time, unreported, young people in particular were showing their support for the pair through other media by up to six to one.
I don't think what the pair did was particularly clever or funny. I think the editorial team aren't up to much for not spotting the inevitable outrage from Folkestone.
But for Yasmin Alibah-Brown to say that this is some perversion of the great British tradition of freedom of speech is complete fucking bollocks.
It offended against the good taste of some and the good manners of others. And caused real offence to one person. One too many maybe.
But a good deal less offence than a less funny comedian like Jim Davidson causes on a daily basis through his racist and sexist xenophobic humour(?).
For the one person really offended there is a proper apology. For the others there is the off switch. For Y A-B there is no hope.
