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[thetank]

What if someone has been on photoshop and turned it into a dot-to-dot puzzle?

[kinboshi]

If someone breaks in to tightend's house on a hot July night and whips off his bedcovers before taking a high res picture of his naked bottom and then puts a link to it all over twitter, then I'm not going to be happy with the guy who did that. Tightend is a lovely fellow, absolutely does not deserve such treatment.

You shouldn't break into people's houses, you shouldn't take pictures of their naked bottoms without their permission, and you shouldn't distribute it via social media. It's naughty, and if the person gets caught they should be punished.

I'm going to have a look at the picture though. Perhaps if it's been put on a website selling wool, I might not buy any wool from that website anymore. Such a protest would come after I looked at the picture. Does this make me a hypocrite? The whole world is looking at this poor man's exposed rump and I opt to have a quick swatch too.

I do not buy the argument that because I looked there's a market for what they're doing, therefore whatever ends journos go to obtain these pictures (and/or seedy stories) are justified. That they're just fulfilling a demand, that it's my fault and not theirs. I'm not sure there is a pre existing demand
for photos of tightend's arse. I would just look out of curiosity, see what all the fuss was about.

I'm all for a free press to print what they like, (and I consider myself free to not like a bunch of them.) If they break the law though... boom, suffer the full consequences and die die die. I'm going to exercise my freedom of speech to add to the public hysteria that serves to expedite this metaphorical death death death, and when it's all over I'm free to dance about on their metaphorical graves.

If nobody breaks into tightend's house and does snappy snappy twitpic then obviously there won't be any bum for me to look at. I'm confident that this won't mean I lead any less full a life as I would have otherwise.

Pics or it never happened.

[MANTIS01]

What if someone has been on photoshop and turned it into a dot-to-dot puzzle?

If somebody photoshopped Megan Fox's arse over Tightend's arse and then did the dot-to-dot I would be ok with it. The puzzle itself isn't enough to make the Tightend version any more appealing to me.

[thetank]

All I can say is that you're of stronger moral character than me Mantis.

I would have to look at the bum.

[Cf]

I agree with thetank.

I don't know what they says about me

[MANTIS01]

All I can say is that you're of stronger moral character than me Mantis.

I would have to look at the bum.

Maybe if the photo was rumoured to be of Tightend's massive swinging trouser snake. That in the darkness the photographer thought he was being attacked by a man with a cricket bat. Then I would look out of curiosity. But ass? No thanks.

[kinboshi]

Tank and Mantis - loving your work.

[thetank]

But ass?

Tautologous post.

[boldie]

I wish I had Tank's way with words.

[TightEnd]

I am wearing pyjamas tonight. Just in case

[celtic]

I am wearing pyjamas tonight. Just in case

Wish you had wore pyjamas that night we shared a room

[Simon Galloway]

He did - just opted not to...

[kinboshi]

Please be the s*n to go next:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/phone-hacking-news-international-gordon-brown

[boldie]

Please be the s*n to go next:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/phone-hacking-news-international-gordon-brown

Brown last year asked Scotland Yard if there was evidence that he had been targeted by the private investigator and was told there was none.

Nice, like to see that copper sacked.

Abbey National's senior lawyer sent a summary of their findings to the editor of the Sunday Times, John Witherow, concluding: "On the basis of these facts and inquiries, I am drawn to the conclusion that someone from the Sunday Times or acting on its behalf has masqueraded as Mr Brown for the purpose of obtaining information from Abbey National by deception."

and the times as well please.

Seems clear now that Murdoch should not be allowed to take over BskyB IMO.

[redarmi]

I have never been a fan of Murdoch but have bought the Sunday Times for years but now I think it is pretty much impossible to justify supporting any of their titles and, if the takeover goes through, then will have to ditch Sky too.  There has to be a point at which you take a stand as a consumer and this is it for me now.