Re: Willow Palin's homophobic Facebook rant

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010, pcg wrote:

> Stephen Fry had a little rant that I've heard Christopher Hitchens echo, 
> almost word for word. Fry's version went like this:
>
> "It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that,' 
> as if that gives them certain rights, when it's actually quite simply a 
> whine. It's no more than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no 
> meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a 
> phrase. 'I am offended by that" -- well, so fucking what?"

Brilliant, and true.

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