The tough stance taken on the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross BBC Radio 2 Broadcast is an important stand against bullying and for the forgotten value of empathy.Read my Guardian blog HERE
The tough stance taken on the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross BBC Radio 2 Broadcast is an important stand against bullying and for the forgotten value of empathy.
You're right about the lack of empathy within our society and among the many causes are:
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- demonisation and subsequent disaffection of youth
- society unwilling to intervene and instead looking to govt/police to fix
- lack of moral leadership
- people mistaking capitalism for a personal philosophy
One should not blame Bland & Ross for these however. Their job is to shock, to break taboos, to ridicule. That is what a comedian does.
I wonder if xenophobia played a part in the selection of Andrew Sachs.
I also wonder if Bland on his own might have got away with it having developed a reputation as being young, crazy and cutting-edge.
The biggest question is why Ross is worth £4.5m of license payer's money...