On 25 May 2011 23:05, Thomas Morton <morton.tho...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On a converse note; a society that is so enthralled with the idea of a > footballer having an affair is so unimaginably pathetic that they probably > deserve any restrictions they end up with. Those of us fighting for free > speech current seem to be doing so for those who delight in violating the > privacy of individuals.
Society isn't enthralled by the affair, it's enthralled by the attempt to keep the affair secret. There is a big difference. It if weren't for the super-injunction, the story would have appeared on page 5 of some tabloids and in a few gossip mags and would have been forgotten in a couple of days. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org