Saturday, January 20, 2007

"In Yer Face" Vs "Two-Faced"

I find myself in the unlikely position today of wanting to say something in defence of Jade Goody. Clearly alot of people have found her behaviour offensive and, by all accounts - as I do not watch Big Brother - rightly so. However, various sensible people from the Asian and white communities have pointed out that the reaction has been far out of proportion to the offence, particularly with regard to the involvement of British politicians. Jade may be "in yer face", but the likes of New Labour Ministers are "two-faced", wanting, on the one hand, the "street cred" associated with popular culture (however unpopular with some people), and, on the other, the "moral authority" associated with condemning it when things go wrong.

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