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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER Michael Ring will not be meeting with models from Babestation TV despite an invitation from the company.
Three models as well as company representative Steve Richardson will travel to Westport on Thursday to ease concern from locals who mistakenly received calls intended for the adult chat line.
The mix-up happened when Irish viewers didn’t enter the UK international calling code before dialling and were instead directed to people in Westport.
Mayo minister Ring had previously said that many people living in the town had been contacted, but a spokesperson for the TD said today that he will “absolutely not” be attending the planned outreach event.
Speaking on The Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ One this morning, Babestation TV’s Richardson said they are “very tame” and are a “responsible company”.
He told the show that he hopes to show the Mayo locals this in person.
“Babestation is not hardcore pornography and I think I’ve heard it best described by someone as the Benny Hill of adult entertainment,” he said.
We’re hoping to bring three of the girls over and you know what? We’re very proud of this, that they’re incredibly bright. They know what they’re doing. If anything, they are the queens and we are their servants.
Richardson said they are flying into Knock tomorrow morning and will be in the town at 2pm.
As well as meeting with locals, Richardson said he hopes to meet with the minister so they can discuss how best to ensure that the mix-up doesn’t happen again.
The representative also said they would look at potentially changing their number.
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Isn’t a well known public figure who abused for years getting their sentence reduced down to 2 years for “good character and behaviour” (insert Judge feel good lingo here)
It needs to be said, we do not punish abusers in Ireland, there is no deterrence. It needs to change.
Also a conversation on consent needs to be amped up further in schools. Things need to change.
@TheFreeSpeechParty: well said. Rape should mean a life sentence.
@TheFreeSpeechParty: I agree , well said. Respect and consent , and relationships in general should be discussed in schools
@James Wormold: Chemical castration would be a more economic and effective option.
@Carla Killeen: raping women would be anathema to the vast majority of men with a high sex drive. Rape is about much more than male hormones and sex, it’s about control and violating another person. Chemical castration might reduce recidivism rates but there is no evidence to suggest it acts as a deterrent in the first place. Teaching children about respect, body autonomy and consent from a young age might prevent some from ever thinking it’s okay to violate another person.
You won’t see Leo tackling this problem, you won’t see any kind of judicial reform regards to sentences. I am convinced the judges always try to side with the perpetrator, if you have a good character, if you plead guilty, if you have a job. Anything at all that can be used to reduce a sentence the judge will try his best, oh he was cooperative, that’s another few months off. Then of course in the case of a rape, the judge doesn’t sentence for each crime committed within the rape, the violence, the threats etc it is all bundled into one and the mandatory suspension part of the sentence.
And yet in the other news report today we have people insisting abortion services are a “lifestyle choice” and not required in Ireland.
The perpetrators get full benefit of certain circumstances while the victim gets violated over and over .. Throw away the keys .
In a society where the media and entertainment industry place heavy emphasis on sexual consumption and instant gratification as elements of the Good Life, it is not surprising that predatory men see women and girls as objects of their desires.
@Garreth Byrne: so rape didn’t exist before TV?
@EillieEs: Rape is as old as the hills. The sex saturation of the media and mass entertainment tends to emphasise eros rather than conjugal love as a key element of the Good Life. Women’s bodies are graphically projected more than their minds and personal qualities. As sex objects they are targeted for male gratification.
If you use a gun as a weapon it’s taken from you…….chemical castration
@John O Reilly: Agreed, it would be the best deterrent.
@John O Reilly: how to stop that person ever using it as a weapon in the first place?
@EillieEs: nothing….some people are animals
How can you be a good person if you rape someone should get life imprisonment
@Margaret Kane: This question needs to be asked, this is a really good question that should be put to judges.
If 34.3% of the enquiries to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre are from other parts of the country is this a funding issue?
It’s not really a great place at all, especially if the privileged have hurt you. Pigs and sheep, people, pigs and sheep.
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