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jshell Jun 14, 2009 15:07:27
Replying to Merrick

Merrick wrote:
jshell wrote:
Mandelson is the no. 1 active danger in my mind now though.
Seconded!

I'm really surprised that he responded so well when he got the custard thrown on him. He strikes me as the sort of self-important twonk who'd be an ideal target for a custard pie in the face - everyone loathes him, he thinks the world of himself but wouldn't want to tarnish his image by prosecuting a pie-er even if he was livid. Sort of like Portillo circa 1996.

But he actually took it with moderate grace. Still a globalising murderous weasel though.

Possibly trying to keep his mildly 'behind the scenes, don't want tooo much publicity' persona.... Pusuing a prosecution would have dragged him into the courts and an ensuing circus.

He's part of the REAL power in this country.

M Merrick
Merrick Jun 14, 2009 17:17:24
Replying to jshell

But my point is that when someone gets an unexpected pie in the face, you see their real feelings.

'Entartment' as political action was pioneersed (pie-oneered?) by Belgian anarchist Noel Godin. He said the key thing was to pick on people who would love to get revenge but wouldn't dare, people whose pomposity hates you for pie-ine them but knows they'll look even more stupid suing.

It's that 'barely retaining their lividness' thing that makes the footage so priceless. Yet Mandelson took it well.

Incidentally, I bumped into the woman who custarded Mandelson at the G20. Nobody had pointed out to her that 'custard chucker' is a phallic euphemism. We decided to plan more actions based on literal interpretations of such things. Get a carton of oat milk in a supersoaker and presto, it's a porridge-gun.