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July 5, 2007
Feminists Versus Druids
The British "reality" program Trinny & Susannah Undress has incurred the wrath of pagans by giving the 16th century historic relic the Long Man of Wilmington a sex change with pigtails, breasts, and hips.
ITV invited 100 women to "decorate" the site, which is considered sacred by pagans, 22 of whom showed up during filming to protest. Arthur Pendragon, described as a "nomadic 53-year-old" and a "Druid battle chieftain," complains:
We are very angry because this is so disrespectful. We, the pagans, would not in our wildest dreams consider putting female breasts and clothing on effigies of any Holy Prophets, be it Jesus Christ, Buddha or any other revered figure of another faith. Why then, does ITV commission Trinny and Susannah to do so at the Long Man of Wilmington?
Why? Because in its frantic effort to outdo itself for tasteless asininity, television has scraped its way straight through the bottom of the barrel.
Other ingenious Trinny & Susannah Undress episodes have included "kitting out every woman in an entire town with a properly fitted bra" and "going down the red carpet wearing a giant pair of fake breasts."
Too bad the producers didn't think to arm both the women and the Druids with an ample supply of cream pies and then film the results. But that probably wouldn't have met TV's current standards for vulgarity and ungraciousness. Maybe if they had everyone strip naked first, and filmed the event in Westminster Abbey…
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 5, 2007 10:54 AM
Comments
If "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", how far is this from the Talaban blowing up thousand-year-old cliff carvings of Buddah?
I'm just asking, I'm not saying that the two incidents are EXACTLY alike, as CERTAIN PEOPLE do when compairing fried chicken and mass murder.
Posted by: KHarn at July 5, 2007 1:07 PM
Is it just me, or is there something odd about these two women? Also, doesn't 'nomadic' mean 'without a fixed abode' or 'homeless'? And I recall that 'Arthur Pendragon' is the full name of the legendary King Arthur.
Basically, these women have started a fight with a homeless man who thinks that he is King Arthur.
It is always something strange when disparate moonbats attack each other.
Posted by: James F McEnanly at July 5, 2007 7:18 PM
I'm surprised they used the long man. It's androgynous, no sexual characteristics at all, rather like the 'neuter' fashin that's going around at the moment, which means that applying feminine characteristics to it is probably not going to change that much. Well I'm sure next time they'll use the only other chalk figure out there, th Cerne Abbas Giant. It's so obviously male I'm surprised they haven't tried to emasculate it yet.
Posted by: Archonix at July 6, 2007 2:15 AM
"Feminists Versus Druids"?
Did someone yell "BAT-FIGHT"!!!
Surprised no one thought of that yet.
Posted by: NudeGayWhalesForJesus at July 7, 2007 12:07 PM
Add to all this the fact that this an archaeological site, prone to soil erosion, AND a heritage site, much loved locally, and you have a pretty insensitive stunt.
I speak as one of the "22 Pagans" who are being insulted in some quarters because we refused to see this site insulted and potentially damaged in this way.
Posted by: cursus at July 16, 2007 3:50 PM
