There seems to be some sort of curious double standard, adopted by the lace-curtain brigade here.

They shout such a lot that they say that democratic principles (which, we are often told, do not apply here) indicate that the thread (which is because of but not about Jade Goody) should be deleted.

But there are hundreds of thousands of pages of Jade Goody jokes out there. Does that not indicate that the lace curtainers are in the minority (if that matters)?

Incidentally, JG was all over the front of the Sun yesterday, and it has been put to me that at least at some point she has said that she wants her cancer to be disussed, as it may save the lives of others.

Academics discuss the use of humour as a defence mechanism during the holocaust. http://web.macam98.ac.il/~ochayo/absractn.html

Why then shoud it be taboo to dicuss the humour (or attempted humour) that arises about Jade Goody's cancer and death?