Comments | anti_gravitas: Facebook's Martyr of the Week.

sensaes in anti_gravitas

Facebook's Martyr of the Week.

Nov 23, 2010 21:07

'A Church of England bishop who made "deeply offensive" comments on Facebook about the royal engagement has been suspended from his public duties. The Bishop of Willesden, the Right Reverend Pete Broadbent, said the union between Prince William and Kate Middleton would last about seven years. He apologised for the remarks on Monday but has been ( Read more... )

my country's knackered, links, academia, hoo-hah, london kills me, holy crap, meeja whores, a little bit o' political incorrectness

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perpetua_redux November 24 2010, 00:29:28 UTC

It is rather sad that he said the press would hound them, then created this situation. But tut-tut.

The downside of enforced serfdom. sensaes November 24 2010, 00:39:11 UTC

Amusingly, any cash injected into the UK economy by all this showy nonsense (souvenirs for gullible tourists, hiked-up hotel bills, etc.) will be more than offset by loss of productivity due to the extra bank holiday messily shoehorned into the calendar:

http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/the-2-9bn-royal-wedding-bank-holiday/5099

herne_kzn November 24 2010, 05:47:18 UTC

>Other revolutionary duties

Amandla

sensaes November 24 2010, 21:39:24 UTC

Appreciated.

spyderfyngers November 24 2010, 12:23:42 UTC

For 'deeply offensive' read: Pretty funny and totally accurate.

helice November 24 2010, 13:46:55 UTC

Friends and I are nick-naming the whole event as 'weapons of mass distraction'. Bet the ConDems bury some bad news on that day!

sensaes November 24 2010, 21:42:32 UTC

Quite a lot of "FibDems" placards in evidence today. *Approves.*

In an ideal world... sensaes November 24 2010, 21:41:27 UTC

...he'd be promoted, or whatever the C of E equivalent is. *Sigh.*