Fish and Chips

I like fishwrap exclusively with my fish and chips. Otherwise, it's the kind of publication that makes me sick.

Why am I telling you this?

Merely because of the recent scandal caused by certain photos taken of a naked prince.

Let me first tell you that, for once, I'm not going to do any research on the topic (garbage cans are perfectly well  - and useful - outside, but I'm not going to dive into their e-equivalent on the Internet).

I'm just going to tell you how I feel (why not? This is my blog, a window to my thoughts... Mind the draughts!).

CAUTION: Random thoughts ahead

First, I find that it's absolutely despicable that these photos ever got out. 

The twat [look! That awful word again... Must really mean that I like to use it when I'm angry] who took (and, I guess, sold) them is a pitiful biped, the people who bought and distributed the photos are greedy leeches, and the people who went looking for those photos or bought papers where they were printed should get a life.

I'll admit that I might be weird; I hate fishwraps (so much that I'm writing a short story against them right now) and I avoid so-called Reality TV like the Plague, the Inquisition and Ebola all wrapped together.

I cannot understand that "village" mentality where so many bipeds think they need to know what the people next door are doing. Get. A. Life.

There's quite a few people I admire and like, but I'd never go search their garbage cans in order to know what they do at home. I'm perfectly happy just looking for their next album/film/book/whatever. When I like someone, I want to hear about their career, not their private lives. I don't care about their private lives. I'm never going to meet them, become friends with them or... No! Wait! Hold the press! I did meet a few authors a few aeons ago when I was a reader, and... yep. I was always talking about their works - mostly. I politely asked about their families and loved one, and I was back to business because their private lives were none of my business!

I want to ask the plonkers that circulated the photos if they've already forgotten what their bullying did to Princess Diana. Apparently, they have forgotten.

The whole thing's despicable. Prince Henry's allowed to have a life and not be stalked. He’s not the public’s property or a State slave. 

Hell, I don't have a pretty gal to cuddle in my room (drat!!!), but if I had, I'd be really angry if our photo ended up on the Internet. And let's face it, everybody would.

It's not even as if Prince Henry asked for it. He was born in a royal family, and that should make his life hell? No, this is not right, decent or human.

I don't understand why bipeds buy fishwraps (then again, people - mostly women - get lapidated or jailed because others put their noses where their noses had no right to be).

One last thing. It should be Prince Henry, not Harry, and it should come from the media and the people.

I was too young to remember why and how Henry turned into "Harry", but he was baptised as Henry.

He's 27 now, and I can just imagine that if he were to correct anyone about his name, he'd never get to hear the end of it. Yet... Harry's a nickname. If His Royal Highness prefers "Harry", it'd be easier for him to say that it's all right to use that name, but let's imagine that he doesn't like it, then he finds himself in yet another trap.

We'd be so much better as a species if we tried to have some consideration for others - without being nosey.