Archive for May 16th, 2008

What’s your sexual orientation Davey?

May 16, 2008

… actually, don’t - I’ve no need to hear about it.

Davey’s new polling feature has followed a predictably sad trajectory with the latest on his readership’s sexual orientation (oddly “frustrated” isn’t an option). Sure he’s had them on global warming, national policy (both of them), the best and worst third- or minor-party but why is he interested in his readership’s sexual orientation or whether they fancy Scarlett Johanson?

I suspect it’s simply a device to amuse his readership, kinda like how Zoos provide noisy toys for the chimps, and Davey frequently proclaims his own open-mindedness, but I can’t help but think it’s gone beyond quirky and is heading dangerously close to bizarre. What’s next I wonder?

Anyone filling in online survey’s should realise that their IP address can be tracked - most don’t care - but they would be quite wrong to expect that Davey’s tolerant attitude is shared by D4J, Redbaiter or any one of the numerous trolls who hang-out at the ‘bog