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Have you heard about David Osborne's blog?

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LillyEvans · 07/02/2015 21:58

David is a barrister who cares deeply for "red blooded males" and the blog that's made the news is called "She's gagging for it".

You can probably guess what it's about. He also manages to throw in a bit about why he thinks the title Ms is insulting.

It looks like he has a few other interesting posts on there too.Hmm

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Anonynonny · 08/02/2015 21:06

Is "red blooded man" just a euphamism for "rapist" or am I being uncharitable?

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 08/02/2015 19:11

(Or maybe Elsa. The magic one, anyway)

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 08/02/2015 19:10

Yeah. That's what Anna's dress in Frozen is actually made of. Frozen aristo blood.

She's NAILS, is Anna.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 08/02/2015 19:07

Does that mean that aristo females have baby blue sparkly blood?

I don't remember any of this from college.....

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 08/02/2015 19:05

Does that mean aristocrats don't rape, because they are blue blooded?

grimbletart · 08/02/2015 18:25

I think "red blooded males" slug means "spring into action penis, there's a female…."

slug · 08/02/2015 17:59

"Red blooded males". What colour is female blood do you think? Sparkly pink perhaps?

PuffinsAreFictitious · 08/02/2015 17:58

God help us all if he enters the judiciary. Imagine someone with those views acting as a judge.

Except of course we don't have to imagine it, we see it every day.

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LillyEvans · 08/02/2015 17:48

The law is supposed to be impartial, or so I thought. He is going to be making judgements on people before he knows the full facts.

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LillyEvans · 08/02/2015 17:40

Actually Twice and Petula, I hadn't properly thought about being in a court room with him.

Surely there should be laws out thereto stop practising legal representatives from broadcasting these kind of views.

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Anonynonny · 08/02/2015 17:31

Thanks for posting this, another candidate for a #NotNorman, I think.

PetulaGordino · 08/02/2015 13:27

I'm not sure that that would make things much better. There is a difference between assuming that the defendant has a lawyer who is going to do their best to present that defence, and knowing that that lawyer thinks so very very little of women that they really are essentially not human to him. I'm not saying the former is likely to be any easier for the witness to go through, of course

OfficerVanHalen · 08/02/2015 13:27

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meandjulio · 08/02/2015 13:23

Yes but you'd have a lawyer of your own, a judge, a jury and most importantly the law itself.

PetulaGordino · 08/02/2015 13:20

Can you imagine if you were a woman who was a victim of rape about to go on the witness stand, and he was for the defence, knowing what he has written?

TwiceForkedLightningTree · 08/02/2015 13:17

Yes we were talking about this in the pub. Depressing.

Wouldn't say that about male rape would he. In fact given the possibility of male rape all men shouldn't go out either, that would save us all some trouble.

I really think the way legal people are appointed has to be looked at. I know that law is not the same thing as ethics, sadly (it was for the ancient greeks if you're interested), but people like this are not capable of treating all people the same before the law and should therefore not be sitting in judgement.

meandjulio · 08/02/2015 11:47

Selks it is IMO futile to try and stop people having offensive thoughts and people shouldn't be struck off or disbarred for thinking or writing these things - it isn't illegal to think that Ms is a stupid title, lots of MN posters would say the same although they're completely wrong . It's more important to ensure that those thoughts don't result in other people being disadvantaged. By, for example, ensuring that he never becomes a judge...

Selks · 08/02/2015 11:33

I'm so shocked by this bloke's attitudes. He should be struck off or whatever the equivalent is. I'm surprised that there is not more visible outrage over this.

PetulaGordino · 08/02/2015 00:39

Presumably, given he already believes that male violence is innate

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 08/02/2015 00:16

Don't stags seeking to rut often fight to the death? Is that A OK with him too, if his male clients murder each other?

PetulaGordino · 07/02/2015 23:32

"red blooded males out on the rut"

His clients, one assumes?

YaTalkinToMe · 07/02/2015 22:59

Thanks puffins, I have never read so much hate in one place at one time, just when you think it cant possibly go on he does.

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 07/02/2015 22:56

ta for that, Puffins. it's vom worthy prose, for sure.

meandjulio · 07/02/2015 22:55

He argues very poorly on all of the three issues he puts into that blog post. And he doesn't appear to proof-read. Very odd for a barrister.

I thought one of his points might actually have some merit - about changing the approach to rape prosecutions - so I read what the Director of Public Prosecutions wrote about it and I now think his statements are just as hollow as the rest of the stuff he has written.

I have come to think that the blog is probably a Private Eye production. Except that I think Private Eye sub-editors are better than that.

Do you know, this has put a smile on my face. Imagine, I could be married to that man. And I'm not! Yippee, as he puts on his blog when he is looking forward to his next viewing of Page 3.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 07/02/2015 22:54

He's also racist and ablist. Quel surpris!

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