Fat Lines Of Coke

[poliphilo]

Unless I've missed something, the stories about George Osborne, his friend the dominatrix and the fat lines of coke she says they shared have been received with wipespread shrugging. No-one is particularly surprised, no-one is particularly shocked. We live in a society that has become very relaxed about recreational drug-taking. 

So when is the law going to catch up with public opinion?

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Assuming that there are similar dynamics on both side of the Atlantic, it's okay if you're conservative.

Not everyone, obviously, but the public tends to be outraged by what they are told is outrageous. There is no reason for the editors and producers of this world to hold one of their own class accountable so long as they still serve the interests of that class. Over here, we had a Republican Congress critter whose sexual activities, arranged sometimes by telephone from the Senate floor, involved a wet suit and dildo, according to his madam. He had no difficulty whatsoever being reelected.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're polarised, but not as violently polarised as you are.
Would Osborne be getting more grief if he were a Labour man? I don't think so. John Prescott- the Labour deputy Prime Minister- was involved in a ugly sex scandal a few years back- and he seems to have weathered it serenely.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Yes, extreme political polarization is certainly one aspect, over here, but that ultimately reflects class polarization as well. Even wealthy white Democrats are treated by the conservative press with the same contempt as poor blacks. It's a sort of guilt by association inflicted on them for betraying the interests of their class.