Cable Forum - View Single Post - With hindsight, did Mary Whitehouse have a point?

RichardCoulter · 16-10-2016, 17:44

I was very interested to read that Jeremy Hutchinson QC who fought Mary Whitehouse in the 1980's now believes, with the benefit of hindsight, that she had a point.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ter-place.html

I myself at the time agreed with him, but with the passage of time, feel that she did actually have a point, even though I disagreed with her at the time.

I was stood behind a respectable looking middle aged woman in Boots, when asked for her loyalty points card, it turned out that she had forgotten it. To my and the shop assistants horror she casually uttered an offensive expletive!

In the eighties I never came across this and now, with the passage of time, find myself agreeing with Mr Hutchinson.

My views today are that whilst she did tend to go over the top, she did have a point about declining standards.

"Decency, modesty & self respect have been swept away where anything goes" and "children are exposed to hardcore pornography" are sentiments that I agree with, be it in real life or on the internet.

People are routinely rude, disrespectful and use offensive language without a second thought.

I'm interested to know what older members think about the views of Mary Whitehouse now that many decades have past.

16-10-2016, 17:44	#1
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11,260	With hindsight, did Mary Whitehouse have a point? I was very interested to read that Jeremy Hutchinson QC who fought Mary Whitehouse in the 1980's now believes, with the benefit of hindsight, that she had a point. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ter-place.html I myself at the time agreed with him, but with the passage of time, feel that she did actually have a point, even though I disagreed with her at the time. I was stood behind a respectable looking middle aged woman in Boots, when asked for her loyalty points card, it turned out that she had forgotten it. To my and the shop assistants horror she casually uttered an offensive expletive! In the eighties I never came across this and now, with the passage of time, find myself agreeing with Mr Hutchinson. My views today are that whilst she did tend to go over the top, she did have a point about declining standards. "Decency, modesty & self respect have been swept away where anything goes" and "children are exposed to hardcore pornography" are sentiments that I agree with, be it in real life or on the internet. People are routinely rude, disrespectful and use offensive language without a second thought. I'm interested to know what older members think about the views of Mary Whitehouse now that many decades have past.