I seem to have developed a bad habit for reading the comments under Daily Mail articles. There are many more than before as they no longer moderate the comments for every article. I’ve trudged through two lots today. The first is about the Haribo sweet wrappers with the alleged sexual connotations and the other about the couple with ten children who have finally married. Both lots are unmoderated and both show remarkable nastiness.

Let’s look at the Maoam wrapper first:

What do you see?

A father-of-two has spoken of his disgust after spotting fruity cartoon characters appearing to have sex on SWEET wrappers.

Simon Simpkins was buying Haribo MAOAM sour candies for his children when he noticed the ‘pornographic’ illustrations of limes, lemons and cherries romping with each other.

Mr Simpkins, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said: ‘The lemon and lime are locked in what appears to be a carnal encounter.

Innocent pose or not? Personally, I think the company may be trying it on. Remember, there are people out there who sell lap dancing kits for young girls. You can get high-heeled shoes for babies. Some companies out there seem to employ perverts.

Whatever our opinion, we have the right to express it, don’t we? At the time of writing, this story is the most read on the Mail’s website and has attracted 340 comments, many of which attack Mr Simpkins quite ruthlessly. Now, I realise that these wrappers have been around for a few years and that ‘Simon Simpkins’ from ‘Pontefract’, home of a Haribo factory, could well not exist, but there’s no need for this:

I can only conclude that Mr Simpkin has a mind like a cess-pool and needs some help.

Moron grow up

What a complete, an utter IDIOT!!!!!!!!!

A very sick mind, needs keeping an eye on

Just what sort of a mind does this bloke have?

The “father of two” has a dirty and twisted mind.

What a sad silly little man Mr Simpkins is and with a strange imagination.

His wife was probably distressed because of the embarrassment of her idiot husband

This man is either some religious nut or else a total deviant. If I were his wife I’d be checking his computer just in case…. HAHA Hilarious! (I had to check the date – it’s not April 1st)

Whose got a dirty mind then eh? Get your mind out of the gutter.

“Get a life” is predictably there quite a few times. The same could be said to people who seem to have nothing better to do than type ‘get a life’.

My comment simply said:

It’s clear to me from reading these comments who the ones with mental health problems are and it’s not Mr Simpkins.

Why get so worked up about somebody complaining?

Needless to say it is racking up the red arrows of disapproval.

A few people commented on the power of subliminal messages and one mentions the famous sexual imagary on some Disney cartoons, but all get voted down.

So I think the wrappers probably are meant to be fruity in more ways than one, so Mr Simkins, if he exists, is right to complain if he feels offended.

The labels on alcopops which showed funky lemons and were aimed at seducing youngsters caused a furore with similar marketing techniques a few years back.

Seeing as the green ‘lime’ character looks more like an evil jelly baby, could we perhaps suggest that this is designed to subliminally turn on paedophiles? Who knows at what moment the subliminal message will ping into someone’s mind.

Kat from Peterborough commented:

MAOAM have had this packaging for absolutely years!!! Since I was little and used to eat them – and I noticed the suggestive illustrations even then and thought they were funny. It’s obviously deliberate as it’s on all the different MAOAM sweets and flavours.

So, Kat, you’ll be outraged that a sweet company is using sex to sell to children?

This idiot needs to get a life.

The other story in the Mail is about the couple who were engaged 14 years ago and now, ten children later, have married.

Time for congratulations, one would have thought, but so many people have fallen for the overpopulation myth that will enable our elite masters to more easily limit our numbers and freedoms, that they come out with this vomit-inducing stuff:

Her husband couldn’t go through with a vasectomy – but he let her go through 10 pregnancies! How selfish.
And all you people going “ooh, aah, how cute they all are…” etc., obviously haven’t read another article headlined: “Baby boom pushes Britain’s population past 61m in biggest jump for almost half a century”.

For goodness’ sake, ridiculous. As if the world isn’t overpopulated enough already. But whatever floats your boat, I suppose.

BREED FOR GREED……MORE KIDS MEANS MORE BENEFITS!!!!

Child benefit for the first child and that’s it- your on your own. I bet that would have concetrated his thoughts.

Why should i pay for this breeding machine when I have been responsible and used contraception.

I really object to any of my taxes going towards this lot. Three children should be the limit in this day and age.

Rabbit families like this should pay more in tax, that would help him have the operation!

Utterly disgraceful article about utterly irresponsible pair who seem incapable of not breeding – why publicise this sort? Are we supposed to admire them? And how much did the taxpayer contribute to their much-too-late wedding? How much are they getting in benefits? Costing the country in health-care, and education?

This sort of profligate breeding needs to be outlawed. It matters not whether they pay for them or not.

White the children look very very cute, especially the youngest, I still think that Mrs. Wong should be on the pill or Mr. Wong ought to act sooner. It is selfish to have so many children. She is a good mother though, the kids all look healthy and happy. Well, just this once then. Please you lot out there, don’t do this at your home.

We are told that the planets resources are dwindling at an ever increasing rate yet we allow people to breed uncontrolled.

In this day and age I think it is totally irresponsible to have such a large family, however much they might be wanted and loved.

Nasty, selfish, self-righteous people. They are out there and they are allowed to vote.