Mixed Messages
I always thought the Daily Mail was anti-paedophilia. Being anti-paedophilia is a good thing, obviously, because paedophilia is wrong.
But now I’m confused, because today they ran a “story” on somebody called Dakota Fanning, which basically amounted to “Look at this really fit 14 year-old girl!”
Don’t feel dirty, it’s not your fault, they seem to say. She “looked mature beyond her 14 years”. And besides, she’s not really a child any more, she has “passed the awkward stage” (with flying colours, no less!).
It’s almost up there with the notorious Daily Star which ran an outraged story on the Brass Eye “Paedogeddon” special directly opposite a picture of a 15 year-old Charlotte Church to show how big her tits had gotten.
I left a comment on the Daily Mail story mentioning something about mixed messages, but it won’t get through their comment moderation policy.
UPDATE:
Facetious snipes here, or a proper argument from septicisle? I know which I prefer.