Simplicity and Slaughter.

I'm noticing a growing trend in the media to over simplify headlines when it comes to anything even remotely controversial or topical. The idea seems to be to sterilise any frame of doubt or questioning from your mind. One of the best examples of this was used during the recent troubles in the catholic church, the headline declaring "Pope declares paedophilia a sin" was used on the front cover of a popular newspaper. While its nice to see the pope going hard line on what is a controversial and touchy subject, you cant help but think, well no shit sherlock. So is this a growing trend, is it now a necessity in this overtly pc world to make sure that you declare your alligiances with such a level of clarity. Will we soon be seeing headlined reduced to simple nouns, "earthquakes: bad" "food: good". So that the casual readers doubts can be subdued without having to read those pesky little words, and can turn to the tits, knowing they haven't accidental brought that pro earthquakes paper.

Also from the papers this morning. A headteacher, deciding to teach the school kids more about where there food comes from. Decided to have them rear a sheep to eat. The school was asked whether they wanted to keep the sheep or send it to become lamb burgers... the school voted with there stomachs. Problem solved the kids learn about food, everyone is happy, yeah right. The objections to this come in two forms, which basically boil down too, kids should not see things fluffy before they eat them, and fluffy things should not be eaten. The later of the two objections is probably easiest to dismiss, GO AWAY, there that's that problem solved. The first objection though requires a bit more thought. Is it OK to eat something you have an emotional bond with, or are we going to traumatise our kids for life!?! Well no blatantly we are not. These kids aren't even inner city kids they live in rural farming land, half the animals they see on a daily basis will end up as a burger. I'm beginning to sound very Clarkson here, but on this point I have to agree with him. If you are going to let your kids eat meat, then they have the right to know it does not grow on fucking tree's. Its interesting to see that most of the objections came from people who had no obvious connection to the school, and that most of the parents of the kids involved were behind the schools choice. Well anyway long story short, the headteacher was suspended, and then reinstated after overwhelming support from her local community. So maybe the world has got some sense after all.