Dazey Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) For those not in the know, The Sun is the UKs best-selling daily newspaper. Its a pretty shit tabloid rag owned by Rupert Murdoch of Fox News fame and since 1970 it has featured pictures of topless models on page 3 of every edition. Well according to todays news this is to cease as of today due to apparent pressure by feminist protest groups claiming that this is objectification of women and will inevitably bring about the fall of western civilization.So what do you all think? Is it really that terrible to show a pair of tits in a daily newspaper? Are these girls being exploited or should the hairy armpits brigade mind their own fucking business?The Sun, Britains top-selling newspaper, has scrapped Page 3s topless women after 44 years, delighting the legion of critics who have branded the photos of bare-breasted models sexist, offensive and anachronistic. Insiders said the decision has been taken to kill off the controversial feature quietly but that the feature would continue online.This comes from high up, from New York, said one senior executive in a reference to the papers owner Rupert Murdoch.The Sun refused to respond to any calls, emails or texts from the Guardian throughout Monday but told the Times, which is also owned by Murdoch: Page 3 of The Sun is where its always been, between pages 2 and 4, and you can find Lucy from Warwick at Page3.com. The paper reported that last Fridays edition of the paper will be the last that would carry an image of a glamour model with bare breasts on that page.A spokeswoman for the campaign group No More Page 3: This could be truly historic news and a great day for people power. adding it could be a huge step for challenging media sexism.Topless Page 3 models were introduced by the Sun in 1970, less than a year after Rupert Murdoch bought the title.The change may be reversed, it is understood, if it results in a noticeable Sun sales decline. Publisher News UK has previously publicly argued, in the face of mounting opposition from critics including the No More Page 3 campaign, that the feature remains popular with its readers and those who want rid of it do not buy the paper.However, internally the company is thought to have been considering its options for Page 3 and appears to have been edging towards this decision for some time. The Suns Irish edition dropped topless Page 3 pictures in August 2013, with Dublin-based editor Paul Clarkson citing cultural differences.Sun proprietor Rupert Murdoch made his first negative comments about Page 3 in February 2014 and then gave a stronger hint in September when he tweeted that he thought its daily diet of topless pictures was old-fashioned.In the same series of tweets Murdoch hinted at the change that is expected to be introduced, saying Brit feminists [who] bang on forever about Page 3 never buy paper before adding: I think old-fashioned but readers seem to disagree.He then went on to solicit views about the daily feature among Twitter users. Arent beautiful young women more attractive in at least some fashionable clothes? Your opinions please.The move follows a 28-month campaign, launched in September 2012, by a woman who asked the papers editor to stop conditioning your readers to view women as sex objects.Lucy Holmess campaign, No More Page 3, caught the imagination of women (and men) across Britain, attracting more than 215,000 signatories to an online petition.It also garnered support from a range of organisations, such as the Girl Guides, the Girls Brigade, most of the teaching trades unions, the College of Midwives, the Scottish parliament and the Welsh Assembly. More than 30 universities voted to stop selling the Sun until it stopped publishing topless images.http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/19/has-the-sun-axed-page-3-topless-pictures#comment-46377733 Edited January 20, 2015 by Dazey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Gutted. Mornings will never be the same. Someone should invent computery thingies so people can access tit pics 24/7...oh wait!:-p 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Aw fuck that! What about The Daily Sport, have they banned that? My brother used to buy that regular...and read it like it was a proper paper, like there was something in it other than knockers, sports news and little sidebars about Vicars having trysts with au pair girls 'it's all been a big mistake' said local Vicar Mr Bigglestaff 'i was only trying to help her learn English' Thats scandalous, page 3 made me proud to be from England, nice pair of bristols is just what a young boy needs first thing in the morning, i don't think it should be banned, what do you mean exploited, bollocks, those birds are exploiting me, why you blaming the fuckin' paper for the fact that blokes like knockers, papers getting paid, she's getting paid, I'm getting a boner, where's the fuckin' problem?!?!Exploiting is when what you achieve from them is unfair or profiting in a sense that is like, damaging, explain to me how thats damaging, it's not like they go get some 40 yr old clapped out old knacker off the Caledonian Road and give her a fiver for it Gutted. Mornings will never be the same. Someone should invent computery thingies so people can access tit pics 24/7...oh wait!:-pIT'S NOT THE SAME THING!!! I don't wanna see her get done up the arse, i just wanna know her name, her hobbys and see her tits And then they say it's us blokes that cheapen everything! Edited January 20, 2015 by Len B'stard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Thing is that its not about oppression and misogyny, its just cheeky and British. Its Carry On and Confessions of a Windowcleaner. Its Sea Side Postcards and Barbara Windsor. I mean what is it with feminists and taking everything so fuckin seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 the only thing newspapers are good for in 2015 is soaking in the grease from fish and chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 they are being jealous. The Sun should just print more "hairy armpits" on page 3, problem solved! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsys Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Aw fuck that! What about The Daily Sport, have they banned that? My brother used to buy that regular...and read it like it was a proper paper, like there was something in it other than knockers, sports news and little sidebars about Vicars having trysts with au pair girls 'it's all been a big mistake' said local Vicar Mr Bigglestaff 'i was only trying to help her learn English' Thats scandalous, page 3 made me proud to be from England, nice pair of bristols is just what a young boy needs first thing in the morning, i don't think it should be banned, what do you mean exploited, bollocks, those birds are exploiting me, why you blaming the fuckin' paper for the fact that blokes like knockers, papers getting paid, she's getting paid, I'm getting a boner, where's the fuckin' problem?!?!Exploiting is when what you achieve from them is unfair or profiting in a sense that is like, damaging, explain to me how thats damaging, it's not like they go get some 40 yr old clapped out old knacker off the Caledonian Road and give her a fiver for it Gutted. Mornings will never be the same. Someone should invent computery thingies so people can access tit pics 24/7...oh wait!:-pIT'S NOT THE SAME THING!!! I don't wanna see her get done up the arse, i just wanna know her name, her hobbys and see her tits And then they say it's us blokes that cheapen everything! You wanted to know her hobbies? Felt a certain closeness with her knowing that, did ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsys Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Thing is that its not about oppression and misogyny, its just cheeky and British. Its Carry On and Confessions of a Windowcleaner. Its Sea Side Postcards and Barbara Windsor. I mean what is it with feminists and taking everything so fuckin seriously?I actually only see it as a bit of fun. But would you be okay with it if the page 3 girl was breast feeding in the pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Thing is that its not about oppression and misogyny, its just cheeky and British. Its Carry On and Confessions of a Windowcleaner. Its Sea Side Postcards and Barbara Windsor. I mean what is it with feminists and taking everything so fuckin seriously?I actually only see it as a bit of fun. But would you be okay with it if the page 3 girl was breast feeding in the pic?Why would you need that on page 3 when it's on pretty much every other bloody page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I've never actually SEEN a Page 3, but I know what it is, and I know that it sucks that a bunch of asshole crybabies have to ruin a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Aw fuck that! What about The Daily Sport, have they banned that? My brother used to buy that regular...and read it like it was a proper paper, like there was something in it other than knockers, sports news and little sidebars about Vicars having trysts with au pair girls 'it's all been a big mistake' said local Vicar Mr Bigglestaff 'i was only trying to help her learn English' Thats scandalous, page 3 made me proud to be from England, nice pair of bristols is just what a young boy needs first thing in the morning, i don't think it should be banned, what do you mean exploited, bollocks, those birds are exploiting me, why you blaming the fuckin' paper for the fact that blokes like knockers, papers getting paid, she's getting paid, I'm getting a boner, where's the fuckin' problem?!?!Exploiting is when what you achieve from them is unfair or profiting in a sense that is like, damaging, explain to me how thats damaging, it's not like they go get some 40 yr old clapped out old knacker off the Caledonian Road and give her a fiver for it Gutted. Mornings will never be the same. Someone should invent computery thingies so people can access tit pics 24/7...oh wait!:-pIT'S NOT THE SAME THING!!! I don't wanna see her get done up the arse, i just wanna know her name, her hobbys and see her tits And then they say it's us blokes that cheapen everything! You wanted to know her hobbies? Felt a certain closeness with her knowing that, did ya?No, its just dear old Gran always said a gentleman should listen to what a lady has to say about herself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsys Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised if the decision was much more business related than image. Page 3 is valuable real estate in a newspaper and in this day and age maybe seen as wasted on a big picture of just boobs. In Toronto I thought they moved the Sunshine girl to the back of the paper (not topless here).At any rate, you have the power boys. Stop buying the paper and you will see boobs on 3 again before you know it.(People still buy newspapers?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) As an avowed football fan i dont buy or read The Sun in respect to the scousers but thats not the point, its the principle! I think it has a positive effect on a persons sexual development too. i mean I'm not saying bung fuckin' kids in front of pornos or nothing but like...y'know, set of norks in the newspaper kinda makes shit into like...i dunno, it's like a gentle sort of exposure to shit so it's not like...such a fuckin' big deal, things ain't so repressed. See cuz its that kind of repression that breeds deviants from our normative behaviour. Sounds a weird thing to say but...look, it's like an exposure to something thats like, normal, I'm a bloke, I'm meant to like birds and knockers and stuff, if you make it sound kinda hush hush don't go there til you're 18 bollocks then like...you engender a weird puritanical attitude to something that is quite natural, i think it'll have a negative effect on our development as a society Look, it's even got their opinions on current affairs and immigration and that, oh what, so yous lot want women seen in the boardroom but not heard? Fuckin' sexists To burn a bra you must first remove it. Lord Byron said that. Honest! Edited January 20, 2015 by Len B'stard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The Sun is for white van drivers without college degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 No, its just dear old Gran always said a gentleman should listen to what a lady has to say about herself Speaking of dear old Grannies, did I ever tell you about the time my cousin and I persuaded my gran who was registered blind to buy the Daily Sport for us every day for the better part of six months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 As an avowed football fan i dont buy or read The Sun in respect to the scousers but thats not the point, its the principle! I think it has a positive effect on a persons sexual development too. i mean I'm not saying bung fuckin' kids in front of pornos or nothing but like...y'know, set of norks in the newspaper kinda makes shit into like...i dunno, it's like a gentle sort of exposure to shit so it's not like...such a fuckin' big deal, things ain't so repressed. See cuz its that kind of repression that breeds deviants from our normative behaviour. Sounds a weird thing to say but...look, it's like an exposure to something thats like, normal, I'm a bloke, I'm meant to like birds and knockers and stuff, if you make it sound kinda hush hush don't go there til you're 18 bollocks then like...you engender a weird puritanical attitude to something that is quite natural, i think it'll have a negative effect on our development as a society Look, it's even got their opinions on current affairs and immigration and that, oh what, so yous lot want women seen in the boardroom but not heard? Fuckin' sexists To burn a bra you must first remove it. Lord Byron said that. Honest!yeah it also must have a positive effect on political development of society. like most of people usually don't care about benefit cheats and such. but when a topless girl rises a point, they will be all over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 No, its just dear old Gran always said a gentleman should listen to what a lady has to say about herself Speaking of dear old Grannies, did I ever tell you about the time my cousin and I persuaded my gran who was registered blind to buy the Daily Sport for us every day for the better part of six months? Look up the word 'ammoral' Christopher and hang your head in shame at it's acute relevance to your particular condition As an avowed football fan i dont buy or read The Sun in respect to the scousers but thats not the point, its the principle! I think it has a positive effect on a persons sexual development too. i mean I'm not saying bung fuckin' kids in front of pornos or nothing but like...y'know, set of norks in the newspaper kinda makes shit into like...i dunno, it's like a gentle sort of exposure to shit so it's not like...such a fuckin' big deal, things ain't so repressed. See cuz its that kind of repression that breeds deviants from our normative behaviour. Sounds a weird thing to say but...look, it's like an exposure to something thats like, normal, I'm a bloke, I'm meant to like birds and knockers and stuff, if you make it sound kinda hush hush don't go there til you're 18 bollocks then like...you engender a weird puritanical attitude to something that is quite natural, i think it'll have a negative effect on our development as a society Look, it's even got their opinions on current affairs and immigration and that, oh what, so yous lot want women seen in the boardroom but not heard? Fuckin' sexists To burn a bra you must first remove it. Lord Byron said that. Honest!yeah it also must have a positive effect on political development of society. like most of people usually don't care about benefit cheats and such. but when a topless girl rises a point, they will be all over it Exactly, see, you understand. I think you folks from the ex-Communist juntas have a generally more sensitive attitude about these things, i hear decades of deprivation do that to a society Eastern Europeans have overall maintained a healthy standard of those old quaint English traits that we've rather forgotten over here, things like appreciation of female nudity, alcoholism, wife beating, football hooliganism. I tell ya, much more of this shit and I'm moving to the Ukraine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncivil war Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Can't they print a picture of a topless women AND a topless bloke on page 3, then everyone is happy and/or being exploited? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 female nudity, alcoholism, wife beating, football hooliganism. I tell ya, much more of this shit and I'm moving to the Ukraine those stereotypes are very flattering but bear no relation to reality alcoholism, wife beating and football hooliganism are on the same level as in the UK i suppose. female nudity - not so much. we have half nacked chicks in local papers, but we don't let them remove their bras or have an oppinion on politics. and most people here (in media too) have a kind of self-censorship probably as a relic of the totalitarian past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 You don't need Page 3 for a topless blokes, blokes are topless every-fuckin'-where, you can walk by a newsagents and see topless blokes all over the magazines. Well, the ones i read anyway! Is The Uphill Gardeners Weekly not a popular publication then?female nudity, alcoholism, wife beating, football hooliganism. I tell ya, much more of this shit and I'm moving to the Ukraine those stereotypes are very flattering but bear no relation to reality alcoholism, wife beating and football hooliganism are on the same level as in the UK i suppose. female nudity - not so much. we have half nacked chicks in local papers, but we don't let them remove their bras or have an oppinion on politics. and most people here (in media too) have a kind of self-censorship probably as a relic of the totalitarian past Kurva j/k! I don't really believe any of that shit, just tryna be funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcat Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Kurva is a legit Ukrainian word btw. not only Polish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 A typical Sun reader has his builders bum on show; a rolled up copy of the Sun, turned automatically to the football pages, in his back jeans pocket; his tattoos on show; a flask of tea - which he drinks endlessly from. He will show up at your house looking to fix your boiler or sink and say something like, ''ohhh'' (dons gruff voice) ''it needs a part', ''I might have a missing valve for that in my van, I'll just gan an check''. He then goes out into his white van and sits there for two minutes while reading the Sun, before coming back and announcing: ''I must hav' used the valve on a previous job last week. I can get one for ya but it is gonna cost ya, mind? I mite hav' to drive up to Hexham for it'' (it is always, Hexham).You agree to the transaction.White van man then drives into a nearby field; puts on Queen's Greatest Hits (white van men always listen to Queen's Greatest Hits); eats his bacon butty while spending a hour reading The Sun. He then drives back to your house saying something to you like, ''you were really lucky. It was the last one they had in the shop''. He then fiddles on your boiler for 30 more minutes than is required - in between countless tea intervals, makes a few crashes and bangs: job done.£200 you are charged for the privilege, enough to jet him and ''wor lass'' off to Benidorm for the week.That is a typical Sun reader. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Good. Ist fucking stupid and Murdoch is a decrepit, manipulative, prune looking cunt.Just google big tits, glazed boobs, big naturals, tittyfucking tarts or whatever and rub one out the old fashioned way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Good. Ist fucking stupid and Murdoch is a decrepit, manipulative, prune looking cunt.Just google big tits, glazed boobs, big naturals, tittyfucking tarts or whatever and rub one out the old fashioned way.Google = old fashionedPage 3 = new fangledGot'cha Kurva is a legit Ukrainian word btw. not only Polish Sorry, been spending a lot of time with Polish people lately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 A typical Sun reader has his builders bum on show; a rolled up copy of the Sun, turned automatically to the football pages, in his back jeans pocket; his tattoos on show; a flask of tea - which he drinks endlessly from. He will show up at your house looking to fix your boiler or sink and say something like, ''ohhh'' (dons gruff voice) ''it needs a part', ''I might have a missing valve for that in my van, I'll just gan an check''. He then goes out into his white van and sits there for two minutes while reading the Sun, before coming back and announcing: ''I must hav' used the valve on a previous job last week. I can get one for ya but it is gonna cost ya, mind? I mite hav' to drive up to Hexham for it'' (it is always, Hexham).You agree to the transaction.White van man then drives into a nearby field; puts on Queen's Greatest Hits (white van men always listen to Queen's Greatest Hits); eats his bacon butty while spending a hour reading The Sun. He then drives back to your house saying something to you like, ''you were really lucky. It was the last one they had in the shop''. He then fiddles on your boiler for 30 more minutes than is required - in between countless tea intervals, makes a few crashes and bangs: job done.£200 you are charged for the privilege, enough to jet him and ''wor lass'' off to Benidorm for the week.That is a typical Sun reader.Really? A Sun reader would use the word "previous"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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