5 Responses to “Oh, do shut up”

1. Sarmad says:
   August 21st, 2006 at 8:50 am

   Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

   The passengers on a plane yesterday refused to fly until two slightly brown men were removed from the plane.

2. Saleem says:
   August 21st, 2006 at 9:00 am

   Yes I heard about this, too. They were apparently speaking quietly - rather than drunkenly shouting in the ears of their fellow passengers - and wearing coats, presumably apropos to the cool air of an airplane, rather than the floral shorts and Hawaiian shirts of the asinine Little Englanders, kept warm only by alcohol, who must have felt that they were defending the Cross of St George even as they evicted their fellow humans from the flight.

3. Sanisha says:
   August 22nd, 2006 at 9:32 am

   what I found most interesting about the article was :

   ” One thing that’s adding to the terror is the fact that our mobile phones turn us into instant reporters. Now we’re able to record anything that happens as it happens…”

   Its true ! mobile phones make us all data collectors which, if used properly can help with social work etc.

4. Saleem says:
   August 22nd, 2006 at 9:50 am

   Used by field workers the mobile is a great benefit. Used by insta-pundits who have no ability to critically filter information, it causes the airwaves to be clogged with nonsense nonsense nonsense…

   …this is true of blogs, too.

5. Saleem says:
   August 24th, 2006 at 1:02 am

   I don’t know if anyone is still reading this thread, but if you are, go immediately and watch the first Newsnight segment (from Wednesday August 23rd) about the two brown-skinned men who were kicked off the flight, as mentioned by Sarmad above.

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/mini_site/programmes/newsnight/newsnight/bb_rm_default.stm

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Oh, do shut up
Saleem | 20-8-06 | 5

Everyone, go and read this Observer comment right now. It’s a fabulous send-up of the absolute nonsense that has clogged the news over the past week, the period during which a tub of vaseline became life-threatening and even the redoubtable BBC insisted on bawling histrionics live to camera.

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