For those of you who don't follow the important things on the news: famous newspaper mogul and James Bond villain, and six time recipient of the "William Randolph Hurst Award for Responsible and Reasoned Journalism" award (which I just made up) Rupert Murdoch is facing the only group of people in Great Britain with fewer scruples and less decorum than the British press: the House of Commons.
A protester who goes by the name "Johnnie Marbles" infiltrated the floor of Parliament and got Murdoch right in the face with a "pie", actually made of shaving cream. There are conflicting reports of what happened then: some reports state that Murdoch's wife then got control of the pie and threw it right back into Marbles' face; other reports state that she simply decked the guy.
So, my ambivalence is on several fronts, actually. The first is that, while I really do think that Murdoch is evil and a hugely destructive force in the world, quite possibly the MOST destructive force in the world today, I kinda think his wife's pretty awesome.
But the second issue is more serious: I think that the shaving cream "pie" just shows a lack of pride in one's craft. Even whipped cream would show a little more care -- it is, at least, edible -- but I think that a target as worthy of a pie in the face as Rupert Murdoch really deserved a REAL pie -- perhaps a homemade chocolate cream pie, or some such thing.
Oh, I understand the advantages of shaving cream: it doesn't stain, it's cheap, it's simple, it is trivial to clean up. And I suppose that a person would have to do some research to make sure that one's target doesn't have any food allergies or dietary restrictions that would contraindicate specific ingredients. But it seems to me that, if you're going to throw a pie at someone, they deserve that level of personal attention to detail.
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