tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1353501810874255189..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Jimmy Saville, Gay Marriage, Ed Balls and Keith Vaz MP – well, blow me down!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-16157532740895446572012-10-06T09:11:31.869+01:002012-10-06T09:11:31.869+01:00This falls some way short of the emphatic tone of ...This falls some way short of the emphatic tone of disapprobation that I had expected. Which of our national landmarks is now safe? Where will it end? <br /><br />I, for one, hope that the rage of the mob is not visited upon the monument to the King of Pop, so tastefully sculpted and on a fitting plinth outside the Fulham football stadium. ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67249926174446706602012-10-05T15:27:21.684+01:002012-10-05T15:27:21.684+01:00I am distressed to hear that both the Glasgow stat...I am distressed to hear that both the Glasgow statue of Sir Jimmy Savile - tastefully situated next to a children's swimming pool - has had to be removed (mind you, judging from the photographs, it was possibly - and fittingly - the worst piece of statuary I have ever seen), as has a plaque at the tireless worker for charity's former Scarborough home (some vandal spray-painted "paedophile" and "rapist" on it). After all, isn't a man innocent until the BBC, the Press and numerous police forces around the country have twigged that the game's up and they'd better be seen to be doing something about the wicked old bastard, having utterly failed to do anything whatsoever to protect his victims when it would actually have made a difference?Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59223717924857719882012-10-04T12:37:27.270+01:002012-10-04T12:37:27.270+01:00I see from this morning's newspapers that SDG&...I see from this morning's newspapers that SDG's words about desecration of Savile memorials have proved sadly prophetic. I am sure he will join me in expressing the hope that should there be more such attacks, perhaps aimed at the mausoleum rather than a plaque as in this case, they will be condemned in the most forthright terms by our Blogmeisterex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59965499212648388222012-10-04T03:07:05.764+01:002012-10-04T03:07:05.764+01:00Interesting list, Man in a Bad Mood.I had to look ...Interesting list, Man in a Bad Mood.I had to look up Alinsky and Penney so I am now wiser. Thanks. Many candidates come to mind, too numerous to mention.SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-64374852548776372882012-10-03T22:29:10.337+01:002012-10-03T22:29:10.337+01:00To answer your question, SDG, there's a space ...To answer your question, SDG, there's a space on an empty plinth for statuary at Trafalgar Square. Maybe it should be reserved for the utterly discredited, one week at time, and the destroyed.<br /><br />Line up in no particular order. Arthur Koestler, Abbie Hoffman, Saul Alinsky, The Beat Poets, Tariq Ali, Salman Rushdie, Regis Debray, Every England manager since Alf, Che Guacamole, The Touching Marble Savile Memorial, Alastair Campbell, The Best of Trad Jazz, Keith Vas-Differens, Jon Snow, The Flying Bastardo Brothers, Laurie Penney, Martin Amis....<br /><br />Fill in the gaps.Man in a Bad Moodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-44900074625026747032012-10-03T13:14:15.832+01:002012-10-03T13:14:15.832+01:00I was thinking about Saville again. If they take a...I was thinking about Saville again. If they take away his title and gong posthumously what happens to his bijou mausoleum and the various inscriptions [literally cast in stone]? Do they emend it along with the current typos, rewrite the whole thing or destroy it and plough salt into the ground [Cartago delenda est]? I would like to see the documentary on Saville, but I don't think I could take watching more footage of him. SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-30132989219696360492012-10-02T12:01:35.063+01:002012-10-02T12:01:35.063+01:00Sir Clifford is still with us, and, as far as I kn...Sir Clifford is still with us, and, as far as I know, still living with his constant companion, a former Roman Catholic priest with whom - he assures us (and I for one believe him) - he does not make the beast with two backs (or, come to think of it, should that be the beast with one back? Hmm.) <br /><br />Personally, I don't care about Cliff's possible leanings, because - while he isn't everyone's cup of tea - he doesn't exude the air of menacing creepiness that Saville always did, that sense of there being something exceptionally nasty in the woodshed. Or caravan. Or BBC dressing room. Or, it transpires, anywhere, really. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-71276771166234934852012-10-02T02:42:50.866+01:002012-10-02T02:42:50.866+01:00If there was an institution called "The Hall ...If there was an institution called "The Hall of Creeps" there are three candidates here qualifying for immediate induction.But as far as Saville is concerned live and let live [no, that's wrong]...de mortuis nil etc. I shall be saddened if his tasteful mini-mausoleum [complete with typos] is desecrated.I take it is not to hard to spot. I wonder if his chums Gary Glitter and Jonathon King appeared on TOTP with him? Is Cliff "Bachelor Boy" Richards still with us or has he gone off to join Jimmy and the Duchess? SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-6768927686785601742012-10-01T19:31:57.514+01:002012-10-01T19:31:57.514+01:00Like you, I am still reeling from the shock of hea...Like you, I am still reeling from the shock of hearing that there might have been something not quite right about leering, tactile, mother-fixated Jim'll fiddle with it. Thank goodness the clip you feature also includes footage of wholesome, not at all dodgy family entertainer Cliff to reassure us that there is still goodness in the world.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com