As one of the above, anecdotally, I would say a firm (and relatively godless, liberal, rebellious and slutty) yes ma'am! ;)

Ugh the Daily Mail is such gutter press. I can definitely understand his wild anger, especially given the way they reported supposed breaches of funeral etiquette:

Hahaha. Calling someone who disagrees with you stupid. Ingenious! Congrats on reaching the ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶c̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶p̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶r̶g̶u̶e̶r̶ highest levels of discourse there!

Nope, obviously none of that is worth caring about, because feminism. GOOD CALL!

So surprising that they weren't in an article specifically about 3, written for a feminist audience. Yay for logic and contextual awareness!

I recommend loudly calling attention to the fact that the person reading it is a big ol' casual perve.

The trouble is it panders to people with a low reading age, and juvenile boys. Sadly both seemingly massive demographics in the UK still.

Nobody said that was the sole thing wrong with the paper. But it is a significant one. The (only) beauty of the Sun is that you can hate it for a huge multitude of reasons. YAY for choices!

YES. This, exactly this.

Good, you're a fast learner. Also, practice your emergency weather-based conversational skills, just in case - god forbid, and I hope it never happens to you- someone attempts a chat.

Agreed. Logic is a filthy heathen prerogative

Urgh. Just no. HoH's who behave like this deserve to lose one, if not both, of their H's.

That's passively discouraged (practice your disapproving tut and head shake and you'll fit right in)

I know I am. Gone are the heady days of resting your weary feet on the backs of the natives of whatever godforsaken country you've just conquered. SMH.

Interesting. I think there are also regional differences in this respect. As a general rule I've found more rural, and especially Northern communities tend towards more positive politeness, whereas bigger cities, and places like London in particular, it's the negative politeness.

I would unreservedly agree with this. If I wasn't British, and therefore 99.9% steely reserve.

We would welcome you. If we weren't all too busy minding our own business

Know I'm coming a bit late in the game here, but just for clarity's sake, I think the problem a few of the people above are mentioning is the ambiguity of this sentence:

Ardent Catholics plugging the 'if you ignore it we can all pretend it's not really happening and maintain a respectable front' plan?

Ugh, vomit vomit. How can anyone suggest the survival of the marriage is the most important aspect of this whole debacle? What a bell-end this woman is. I bet they dredged her up just to incite controversy.