Quote: Andy Gilder "I really must stop finding things offensive just because the media tells me to. I'm obviously much less clever than leicester_rhino and all his incredibly clever friends who "got" the joke.
Still, if you think it's ok that someone should make a joke about having striking workers shot and then in the next breath draw comparisons to wounded war veterans then good for you. I just wish I had the intelligence to agree with you, honest.
I guess I'll just have to settle for being patronised instead.'"
If that was what I actually said then your wonderful sarcastic response would have been justified.
If you found it offensive then I can accept it, and I understand why you would find it offensive. I happen to think that what he said was tongue in cheek though not in good taste.
However, just like the Brand/Ross situation it has been blown out of proportion by the media, who seem to jump on these things with gusto. Many of the people complaining about it won't have seen the original, but will have only seen replays of it on the news, or gone looking for it on iPlayer, presumably with the intention of being offended.
If anything, the news are offending more people than the original comment by shoving it in everyone's faces at every opportunity. Its the media equivalent of a footballer rolling around on the floor trying to get a fellow professional sent off
