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If you're going to lambast readership, membership, or any 'ship' on the basis of an organ or organisation's history, Warbler (and/or Euro), then there'd be precious little left!

You might be interested to trawl the archives which you're rather fond of plundering to support your opinions, and see what supported most vehemently the retention of the slave trade, fought furiously against women's emancipation, opposed the raising of the age of consent (for sex) from 13 to 16 (in the light of the traffic in child prostitutes), who railed against trade unionism, and so on. Let alone supported flogging, capital punishment, and transportation for life of slightly naughty Brits. If you'd care to list all of those, it would perhaps balance the scales a little.

A newspaper is only the mouthpiece of its current editorial - writers come, editors go, ownerships change and so, very often, do the ethics. What were once bastions of conservative little England are now, for example, in the hands of Rupert Murdoch, and Jews are now even permitted to join gentlemen's clubs (gasp!).

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2095932" data-attributes="member: 64950">If you&#039;re going to lambast readership, membership, or any &#039;ship&#039; on the basis of an organ or organisation&#039;s history, Warbler (and/or Euro), then there&#039;d be precious little left!&nbsp; You might be interested to trawl the archives which you&#039;re rather fond of plundering to support your opinions, and see what supported most vehemently the retention of the slave trade, fought furiously against women&#039;s emancipation, opposed the raising of the age of consent (for sex) from 13 to 16 (in the light of the traffic in child prostitutes), who railed against trade unionism, and so on.&nbsp; Let alone supported flogging, capital punishment, and transportation for life of slightly naughty Brits.&nbsp; If you&#039;d care to list all of those, it would perhaps balance the scales a little.&nbsp; A newspaper is only the mouthpiece of its current editorial - writers come, editors go, ownerships change and so, very often, do the ethics.&nbsp; What were once bastions of conservative little England are now, for example, in the hands of Rupert Murdoch, and Jews are now even permitted to join gentlemen&#039;s clubs (gasp!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2095932, member: 64950"] If you're going to lambast readership, membership, or any 'ship' on the basis of an organ or organisation's history, Warbler (and/or Euro), then there'd be precious little left! You might be interested to trawl the archives which you're rather fond of plundering to support your opinions, and see what supported most vehemently the retention of the slave trade, fought furiously against women's emancipation, opposed the raising of the age of consent (for sex) from 13 to 16 (in the light of the traffic in child prostitutes), who railed against trade unionism, and so on. Let alone supported flogging, capital punishment, and transportation for life of slightly naughty Brits. If you'd care to list all of those, it would perhaps balance the scales a little. A newspaper is only the mouthpiece of its current editorial - writers come, editors go, ownerships change and so, very often, do the ethics. What were once bastions of conservative little England are now, for example, in the hands of Rupert Murdoch, and Jews are now even permitted to join gentlemen's clubs (gasp!). [/QUOTE]

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