Hollywood compassion, comparison & analysis by Christopher Hitchens

...Paul Shaffer feels he perhaps ought to say something about Phil Spector's conviction for the murder of another human being whose name most people cannot remember.

So he does say something. "I regret all the tragedy that has surrounded Phil in recent years," is what he chooses to say. Not really even a try, let alone a nice try.

More here.

Thanks to my friend W.

Billboards Banned

OK. Remember these "longer lasting sex" billboards around Brisbane?

They've been banned.

Sex billboard, with just words, has been banned.

I'm fine with that.

I wonder if the people calling for the banning of the billboards have done anything about the child abuse happening in our schools with children being brainwashed about AGW and so on. And do they let their children watch the news programmes? Surely, that's more damaging than any old billboard with just words on it.