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Originally Posted by Damien
More and more people live in larger cities. It's not the norm but neither is it abnormal and the Opening Ceremony should showcase as much as the nation as possible. So while The Mail is right in that it doesn't represent the majority of couples it's a facile point and they are blowing it out of proportion in order to pander to what they perceive their readers' prejudices to be. The idea you can be outraged at the display of multiculturalism in a Opening Ceremony based in London is something only the Mail, and maybe The Express, can pull off.
It's just a shame that in a Opening Ceremony that has been widely praised around the world and at home The Mail chooses to focus on the race of it's participants. There was a tribute to the 'green and pleasant lands' of Jerusalem before giving way to the industrial revolution, a tribute to the health service and to children's literature, a tribute to our musical and comedic history. However Danny Boyle had the temerity to cast a ethnic minority in a big role and The Daily Mail hits the outrage button and throws it's toys at our the pram. It's pathetic. The Mail has a point but the real question is, who cares? It's not that The Mail is factually wrong, it's that it thinks it matters in the first place.
However this is what they want. They are professional trolls and hate-mongers. They know what they are doing. A person who visits the story in anger counts just as much as someone who visits it in support, they show up just the same in the hits and the ad revenue. Best thing we can do is ignore them, or at least don't visit their website.
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As I said it's not an issue - but I can see their point even if it is a greatly exaggerated one. However I think most people will see through the story as I'm pretty sure none of the Mail staff live in such small villages where multiculturalism is almost non-existent enough for their story to make sense.