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Friday, March 16, 2007

Finnish porn

I'm a nice, simple Catholic boy so I have little time for such vices but The Scotsman has just informed me (others may have known for some time) that the Scottish Parliament has unwittingly assisted in directing traffic to some dodgy Scandinavian Adults Only website.

Imagine the shock of your average Mrs MacLaverty trying to log on to check on the latest news from her beloved government only to be subjected to something that would make any MSP blush. Except, perhaps, Tommy Sheridan. (Yes, a low blow but I couldn't resist)

Anyway, we no longer have to worry as the good name of the Scottish Parliament has been pulled from this murky world thanks to one Tommy Butler. Tommy claims to hope that the domain will be used to hold MSPs to account and flush out scandal. Sounds good to me! But Tommy is also a domain name strategy specialist which, from various Google searches, seems to merely involve buying domain names and punting them on for a profit.

The site is a bit of an empty shell at the moment with only the main front page in place. Perhaps to give the impression it was bought for an honest purpose.

So, watch this space. But I think there are better things to do with one's time, not that I'm advocating the indulgence of Finnish porn.



(Perish the thought how big a problem this would have been if it had pulled in the phrases Swedish porn, naked celebrities or sex video!)