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Washington Times
Today, I came across the Washington Times online website. The home page was headlined, 'Special Report on the Paris Terror Attack'.
What I then found weird was the inclusion of the following two articles:
The first was, 'Bang for your Buck - Best Hand Guns under 500 dollars'.
The second one was headed, 'Top 10 Hand Guns in the U.S.'
Don't you think to include such articles at a time like this is rather insensitive?
What would readers of any UK journal think if they saw similar articles in their newspaper, at any time of the year?
What I then found weird was the inclusion of the following two articles:
The first was, 'Bang for your Buck - Best Hand Guns under 500 dollars'.
The second one was headed, 'Top 10 Hand Guns in the U.S.'
Don't you think to include such articles at a time like this is rather insensitive?
What would readers of any UK journal think if they saw similar articles in their newspaper, at any time of the year?
Answers
We in the UK wouldn't see any articles about favourite/ best handguns. It's as simple as that. Americans might well think (say) that if the theatre goers had been armed they could have defended themselves against the terrorists. Daft as that sounds, it wouldn't really surprise me.
19:29 Mon 16th Nov 2015
// We would never see similar adverts over here, as we have a much more common sense attitude to guns. //
It is not about common sense, it is about Automated Systems. There was an article in the Metro about jailed TV weatherman Fred Talbot teaching Ian Brown of the Dtone Roses, how to masturbate. The accompanying Google advert was for a Stone Roses single, 'The hardest thing in the world' :-)
It is not about common sense, it is about Automated Systems. There was an article in the Metro about jailed TV weatherman Fred Talbot teaching Ian Brown of the Dtone Roses, how to masturbate. The accompanying Google advert was for a Stone Roses single, 'The hardest thing in the world' :-)