23-03-2004 09:44									#61
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By teh p0w3rz invested in me as a white american male of middle class upbringing, I DE-mand to see yer proof!

	23-03-2004 10:26									#62
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What a dumb b1tch. She has only herself to blame for what happened:

quote: But she added: "It didn't feel like it was happening to me. I felt like I was watching it happen to someone else. "I was just so relieved when it was over... I was desperate to get back to Jess as I felt so uncomfortable." The next morning she said she joined her partner and they "just cried and cried".

DUH

What did she expect

And I can't believe she has a partner that put up with it. I'd be gone.

	23-03-2004 10:38									#63
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You wouldn't hit that.

	23-03-2004 10:40									#64
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word

	23-03-2004 11:01									#65
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I doubt it had happened. The reporter didn't even verify the story with the, um, "buyer."

	23-03-2004 17:33									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger I doubt it had happened. The reporter didn't even verify the story with the, um, "buyer."

At last!!!!!

	23-03-2004 17:43									#67
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Eh, if it was a publicity stunt, they did a rather poor job of it. Fairly low media exposure, and the girl isn't a very sympathetic character. What would this be aiming for, socialized education?

	23-03-2004 17:59									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Elok Eh, if it was a publicity stunt, they did a rather poor job of it. Fairly low media exposure, and the girl isn't a very sympathetic character. What would this be aiming for, socialized education?

She's had 2 pages in Britains best selling Sunday rag and a page in the best selling daily??

The fact she can't see she's not a very sympathatic character just shows how out of touch the poor little rich girl is.

There has been a big stink in the UK for the last few months over the government increasing tuition fees, this is just a Student Union stunt in response to that

	23-03-2004 21:18									#69
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Even if it's not true, there's no way that it's a "student union stunt". There's no way that the politically-correct muppets that inhabit most student unions would allow this "blatant homophobia"...

	23-03-2004 21:53									#70
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quote: 44-year-old BT engineer

quote: divorced father-of-two

i'm sure his co-workers know it's him

	23-03-2004 23:08									#71
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quote: Originally posted by Sava I know, people don't want to have sex with me unless they give me large sums of money... it's so strange.

Good luck on eventually finding someone with a large sum of money. Sad it hasn't happened for you yet though.

	23-03-2004 23:09									#72
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I didn't know tabloids were so highly regarded in the UK; my apologies. And the end of this particular saga, seen in light of the stuff on her homepage, would lead me personally to oppose government payment for college costs, if I weren't biased as a college student myself. Really, what's the message here? "Lower college prices NOW, or psycho-militant lesbians might become disillusioned and have cause to question their narrowly revolutionary worldview!"

	23-03-2004 23:13									#73
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Well stated Elok.

I am also afraid that masses of militant lesbians will chose to have heterosexual relations for money and then cry in their girlfriends arms. How tragic. Lower university fees now!!!!

	23-03-2004 23:30									#74
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quote: Originally posted by Elok I didn't know tabloids were so highly regarded in the UK; my apologies.

They are not highly regarded, they DO have massive readerships, so from a publicity standpoint she's done pretty well

	23-03-2004 23:34									#75
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'The Bristol University student has been offered up to £8,400, which she says she will use for university fees. Although her parents earn about £60,000 - her father is an ear, nose and throat specialist and her mother an emergency room nurse - they do not make any contribution toward Rosie's higher education. She also works as part-time as a waitress.'


60 grand a year

	23-03-2004 23:55									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior quote: Like you have a copyright on it I do!

Clearly he does!

	23-03-2004 23:59									#77
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I guess I'm a lucky one. My parents earn a hell of a lot less than £60,000 a year (actually, less than £30,000 atm), and have still offered to match my student loan (£3000 per year) so it looks like I'll have enough money without having to get extra loans on top of that. Not that I'm bitter that they've given my brother £8000 more than me at all Oh well, he was always the favourite son

	24-03-2004 00:03									#78
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i'm lucky because my parents don't have a pot to piss in, so i get full loan and no fees, hooray!

	24-03-2004 00:24									#79
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I'll get a little extra loan and full fees I think. Not sure. Last year I'd have got much more, since my brother was also at uni, and parental contribution is then split. But he'll be doing a PhD next year, so won't count for support.

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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever 'The Bristol University student has been offered up to £8,400, which she says she will use for university fees. Although her parents earn about £60,000 - -cut- 60 grand a year

Hmm, what's the joke?

	24-03-2004 00:54									#81
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Who would pay for some high priced ***** like that? There are much better deals out there...

	24-03-2004 00:55									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Stuie Actually that sounds a lot like the stories told by rape victims. I know she was a "willing" participant, but still the similarities are striking.

not necessarily. A lot of gay people do have responses like this. That is how they figure out they are gay

	24-03-2004 01:02									#83
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I do think it's a hoax.

But what's the motivation? I'm not sure I see it. A public complaint about tuition fees? Hey rising costs are the part of having such a large socialized goverment. Vote conservative next time ***** (although in the U.S. conservatives are spending more than liberals now )

	24-03-2004 02:00									#84
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Diss: The UK conservatives want to have free tuition, the Labour party don't. It's a middle class tax, which is why the Tories are against it.

And the motivation is because almost every Student's Union, the Conservative Party and the majority of students are against paying fees for higher education. It makes a good publicity stunt to highlight the lack of funding, if even rich people need to do this to afford it. It's a load of crap, but then, maybe her parents have decided not to pay. Just because they're rich doesnm't mean they'll share it. If they said they won't pay, maybe she is forced into things like this to finance it.

	24-03-2004 02:48									#85
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever They are not highly regarded, they DO have massive readerships, so from a publicity standpoint she's done pretty well

And of those many readers, how many go to college, are likely to feel passionately about the value of education, and are not too lazy to write angry letters or boycott? Raising issues about higher learning in the tabloids is like promoting marital fidelity in a whorehouse.

This is actually pretty funny in a sick, ironic sort of way, seeing as she wants to study to become a sex therapist. She can take herself as a patient for three months, call the experience her internship, maybe skip college altogether.

Or maybe not, but she did say a lot beforehand about how Sex Was No Big Deal, Society Is Just Puritanical. Much like Elmer Fudd always says, "Oooh, I'll get dat wascally wabbit dis time," before sticking his gun down Bug's burrow, only to have the end poke out of the ground behind him and shoot him in the rear.

	24-03-2004 02:55									#86
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how can you be a sex therapist if you are not heterosexual?

	24-03-2004 02:57									#87
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Uh, I was under the impression that sex therapists just help couples reachieve intimacy. Even if people refused to acknowledge a lesbian's ability to judge a straight relationship, she could still counsel other gays.

	24-03-2004 03:01									#88
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever 'The Bristol University student has been offered up to £8,400, which she says she will use for university fees. Although her parents earn about £60,000 - her father is an ear, nose and throat specialist and her mother an emergency room nurse - they do not make any contribution toward Rosie's higher education. She also works as part-time as a waitress.' 60 grand a year

that is Euros so It is more like 80 to 90 thousand dollars a year, a fairly respectable sum. How much of it is taxed though?

	24-03-2004 03:03									#89
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quote: Originally posted by Elok Uh, I was under the impression that sex therapists just help couples reachieve intimacy. Even if people refused to acknowledge a lesbian's ability to judge a straight relationship, she could still counsel other gays.

I'm sure they help with a wide range of issues.

Some couples may go because their partners aren't satisyfing them. Perhaps a woman won't give her partner fellatio. WTF does she know about fellatio. Or say the man has impotence problems that are psychological and not physical, how can she help with that? How many sexual positions can she possibly know?

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quote: Originally posted by Elok how many go to college,

Not that many.

quote: Originally posted by Elok are likely to feel passionately about the value of education

Many. The Sun dictates policy opinions to many people. Most people feel passionate about some policy, from speed cameras to education.

quote: Originally posted by Elok and are not too lazy to write angry letters or boycott?

Again, probably many.

quote: Originally posted by Elok Raising issues about higher learning in the tabloids is like promoting marital fidelity in a whorehouse.

Very true, but raising awareness, publicity, getting people to see your point, is all very usual in tabloids. The Sun has campaigns for and against certain issues. It supports political parties, it is very influencial when it comes to politics. The News of the World less so, it's more a celebrity thing, but it still has a hgih readership, so reaches many voters.

quote: Originally posted by Elok This is actually pretty funny in a sick, ironic sort of way, seeing as she wants to study to become a sex therapist. She can take herself as a patient for three months, call the experience her internship, maybe skip college altogether.

It all may turn into quite a learning experience for her actually. The chances are, given her actions, that she saw it as not a big deal, but a lot of money. Especially given the publicity and the way she went about it. By the sounds of things, her views have changed somewhat. I do feel sorry for her, that she feels bad for it. She didn't expect to feel like this before she did it. However bad she feels, I'd like to know if she regrets it. Was it worth the £8400 to her?