The Paris Brown Scandal.

The big news in the UK today is the scandal created after Britain's first and only Independent Police and Crime Youth Commissioner (for Kent) Paris Brown made a series of offencive remarks on Twitter. I can't be bothered to list everything she said that was offencive but they included some racist and homophobic remarks along with lots of references to drugs, alcohol and casual sex.

Although the girls first name "Paris" could be a reference to either Paris Hilton or as is more likely the French capital and the girl looks a bit like the UK singer Adele this is clearly a reference to Rihanna and her habit of doing things that some people find offencive such as the "Run This Town" video and Tweets showing her in various states of undress and/or using marijuana. After all one of the biggest problems caused by one of Rihanna's Tweets was a mini-riot at a Paris train station just before the 2012 Olympic Games and if you believe the rumours Rihanna is soon to become Mrs Brown.

While Paris Brown's comments have caused a lot of debate she is a rather easy person to defend. After all she has only just turned 17 years old, has no previous experience in politics/public life and hasn't even formally begun her job as Police and Crime Youth Commissioner yet. Therefore this is quite clearly the UK trying to distance themselves from the US' operation to reunite Chris Brown and Rihanna in order to bring about the destruction of Rihanna. As the UK has been one of the loudest voices calling for the US to take action to limit the damage done by Rihanna this is massive news. After all even in the wild world of Twitter comments no-one has yet called for Paris Brown to be raped and murdered as punishment for her Twitter comments.

Beyond the Rihanna connection the Paris Brown scandal is intended to promote discussion about the new and unconventional position of Youth Police and Crime Commissioner - a role so new that nobody, not even Paris Brown has performed it yet. It is pretty obvious that Paris Brown was appointed to fulfil the 'Youth' and 'Crime' elements of the role. That is to say she's been appointed to give the adults involved in law enforcement close contact with an example of one of Britain's trouble youth in order to help them be better able to understand and tackle to crime created by that group. However it is equally clear that Paris Brown has yet to work that is really her role. Therefore there are some ethical questions about using her as an unwitting lab rat but it has to be said we're hardly talking about killing or mutilating people here.

Even before the Paris Brown scandal broke the US seems to be desperately trying to re-position itself on the Chris Brown/Rihanna relationship. This is partly a response to the raucous laughter that greeted Chris Brown's latest Court appearance and the fact no-one seems that interested in Jay-Z and Beyonce's trip to Cuba and the debates about permitted travel and pre-approved itineraries that it was supposed to provoke.

Last night the US announced that it will be delaying a test-firing of a Minuteman missile in California in order to avoid provoking the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) further. This is the US trying to bargain in order to keep the Chris Brown operation going by suggesting that in return they'll back off the DPRK operation. Putting aside the fact that no-one trusts them it's a bad deal the US is offering. That's because in the world of military intelligence everybody is geared up to deal with the intelligence gathering and analysis of information about things like troop movements and missile deployments. What they are less trained in is the gathering and analysis of information relating intensely personal emotional swings of a group of people who are clearly not up to the professional standard. Therefore a better offer would be that the US can continue the DPRK operation provided they terminate the Chris Brown operation. Mind you the US don't really want to be doing the DPRK operation in the first place.

As for Rihanna's concert in San Jose yesterday (6/4/13) I've not really looked but it seemed to go well. Chris Brown didn't put in an appearance and the only controversy is that judging by Twitter/Instagram posts you could get the impression that Melissa Forde drove from LA to San Jose while Rihanna and her friends flew. This would give the impression that Forde is no longer considered as Rihanna's friend sparking speculation that the pressure created by Chris Brown has succeeded in wrecking Forde and Rihanna's relationship. However if you check the timings and do a few quick sums you would quickly discover this simply didn't happen which rather proves my point about the social group not being up to the professional standard.

Apparently the concert was streamed live over the Internet and a full recorded version is still available. So I think the best thing for me to do is get stoned and have a pleasant evening watching the entire show for the first time before writing my review tomorrow. After all following my recent adventure I really need a day off. 

(Originally Posted) 16:50 on 7/4/13.