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The state of Victoria, Australia has banned broadcasting of Sky News from the underground loop stations in Melbourne's train network.
The ban comes after Sky (owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) broadcast an interview with far-right activist Blair Cottrell. Cottrell, the leader of the United Patriots Front, has convictions for arson, burglary and racial vilification, has advocated violence against women and has called for portraits of Adolf Hitler to be hung in school classrooms.
Victoria's transport minister, Jacinta Allen, has defended the decision against claims of censorship, stating that "Hatred and racism have no place on our screens or in our community." ... "If people want to watch Sky News in their own homes, they can do that to their heart's content," she said. "Any material that uses our public transport assets to promote itself needs to be appropriate."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 17 2018, @10:19AM (2 children)
> But then he followed up (as you noted) by saying she would have enjoyed him raping her
And again, you are saying he said something he didn't. He said (according to an news article reporting on it):
> I might as well have raped Laura Jayes on the air, not only would she have been happier with that, but the reaction would've been the same.
He didn't say she would have enjoyed it. He may be saying she'd have been happier with it. Perhaps because she could then have him jailed for it?
I get it. You don't like him. If what I've read in this story are indicative of his views (I don't know anything about him outside of this story yet), I don't either.. but you don't have to make him look worse than he is, if he is actually that bad.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday August 17 2018, @06:04PM
Jesus Christ. Are you kidding??
Yes, if you want to play semantic games and try to force the MOST sympathetic reading of an incredibly vile tweet, I'm sure one can admit it's logically possible that he meant "she might like it better because she could put me in jail after I raped her on air."
However, most reasonable people who understand the normal uses of the English language will read a quote like his tweet and assume he meant what he most likely meant (given his tendency toward being offensive in most of his dealings), i.e., if I had raped her on air, she'd have liked it. In case you're unaware, that's a common expression among tough guy "rapist" types: i.e., "I raped her, but she wanted it/liked it."
Now, whether he was actually saying that seriously or not is a separate issue. I don't think he actually believes a statement like that -- I think it's more likely he was just trying to be offensive and provocative. But nevertheless, what I stated is what most readers would understand if they read his tweet -- not some bizarre edge-case like you postulate.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday August 17 2018, @06:11PM
And by the way, the tenor of my posts has nothing to with whether I "like" the guy or not. I don't know him. I don't really care to know him.
What I do know is that in public he's an ass and a jerk and says offensive things. When someone doesn't respect others and deliberately acts uncivil, they lose their right to be treated with decorum and respect.
Bottom line: he may believe vile things and may also be a bad person, but he's also a troll, as exemplified in this tweet.
When you're a troll and deliberately say offensive things to get a rise out of others, you lose the right to complain if others don't parse your words with care.. because by trolling you have indicated you also don't use your words with care.