Getting to the bottom of it.

Apparently the younger generation for the most part don't understand what all the fuss is about concerning the antics of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross - they see it as simply an example of their brand of "edgy" humour, to which they relate. Well let's be clear - the point here is simply that that 'phone call was made. However you slice it, the idea of calling up an unsuspecting elderly gentleman and bragging about having had sex with his grand-daughter is totally unacceptable, and the fact that there may be people out there who genuinely find it funny is completely immaterial. This isn't about humour, edgy or otherwise, it's about standards of behaviour, and if there are people who don't understand that, then perhaps they need to take a cold hard look at themselves. All the emphasis has been on Brand, Ross and the BBC, whereas the real victim here is Andrew Sachs, and to a lesser extent perhaps, his grand-daughter. Let's cut the crap - the essential wrongdoing here was the making of the 'phone call.