Hello; this is a British University in England. "Colleagues in the International Office" should get a life.

I wonder what the ethnicities of the colleagues in the international office are?
Ooh knees,shocking!

i wonder who they are aiming at? taking women back to Victorian days to keep the cash flowing.

Similarly, in the Bahria University of Islamabad, photographs of young women in burqas have been doctored to show miniskirts and cropped tops in order to attract more western students.

So the rights and freedoms that women have fought for over the last century now count for nothing. If foreigners want to come here they need to respect OUR culture, I will respect their culture when in their country.

In places like Saudi arabia it is comon to see censored and doctored photographs but in a brochure for Southampton University? We (and they) have gone too far this time.
This is England, not some backward province in an uneducated society (or at least I thought it was).

A ridiculous attempt at cultural sensitivity gone wrong. What's more ridiculous is the way the Echo moronship have seized it as an opportunity for more trademark jingoism.

What's even worse is the editing of the laptop. That picture is just awful and looks like it's been pasted over using paint!

Ok, so they're pretending the woman isn't showing too much flesh. Phew, modesty is preserved. But hang on, she's still alone in a bedroom with a man, unchaperoned. Hmmmm.....

Awful decision taken by idiots unfortunately.

But once again, the xenophobes on this site have crawled out of the woodwork.

mtdiablo wrote:
Awful decision taken by idiots unfortunately.

But once again, the xenophobes on this site have crawled out of the woodwork.

Indeed. Remember, it's some idiot at the University who's done this. Not 'the foreigners'.

Why is it xenophobic to ask that foreign visitors respect our culture and way of life?

Why is it xenophobic to feel offended that whilst people from certain countries expect us to respect their religions and cultures (under threat of death in some cases), they don't feel that it is appropriate to reciprocate this courtesy?

SinnerSaint wrote:
Why is it xenophobic to ask that foreign visitors respect our culture and way of life?

Why is it xenophobic to feel offended that whilst people from certain countries expect us to respect their religions and cultures (under threat of death in some cases), they don't feel that it is appropriate to reciprocate this courtesy?

Where in this story is there any indication of people from other countries not respecting our culture? There isn't.

Why on Earth did they feel the need to Photoshop sideburns on to her?

Georgem wrote:

SinnerSaint wrote:
Why is it xenophobic to ask that foreign visitors respect our culture and way of life?

Why is it xenophobic to feel offended that whilst people from certain countries expect us to respect their religions and cultures (under threat of death in some cases), they don't feel that it is appropriate to reciprocate this courtesy?

Where in this story is there any indication of people from other countries not respecting our culture? There isn't.

George, I appreciate that this website is your life and that your existence would be meaningless without it but would you try being a little less of a t1t sometimes when you're posting multiple times on every story?

SinnerSaint wrote:

Georgem wrote:

SinnerSaint wrote:
Why is it xenophobic to ask that foreign visitors respect our culture and way of life?

Why is it xenophobic to feel offended that whilst people from certain countries expect us to respect their religions and cultures (under threat of death in some cases), they don't feel that it is appropriate to reciprocate this courtesy?

Where in this story is there any indication of people from other countries not respecting our culture? There isn't.

George, I appreciate that this website is your life and that your existence would be meaningless without it but would you try being a little less of a t1t sometimes when you're posting multiple times on every story?

So you don't understand what I posted, then. Ok, thanks for clearing that up.

OMG the woman is ALONE IN A BEDROOM WITH A MAN. What will the foriegners think of that, better digitally alter the picture to show them in a park somewhere.

The daily echo didn't "reveal" this story, I remember reading it in the soton tab weeks ago:
https://sotontab.co.
uk/news/2012/07/11/s
tudent-photoshopped-
for-uni-prospectus/

"“an embarrassing blunder”" is our Mayor getting involved and living up to his surname.............

I'm not too worried about the amount of flesh on show but rather that poorly placed image on the lid of that laptop that chap is using. It's got a corner chopped, the image is too strong in colour for the scene and the perspective is off on the top.

What is embarrassing is the lack of knowledge, with regards to the taking of photographs, displayed by the Echo, Cllr Burke, the university, Ella Dove, and all posters here.

There are laws governing photography and copyright, and unfortunately many disputes have to be thrashed out in the civil courts at great expense.

Generally, the photographer who clicks the shutter owns the copyright of an image, even on someone else's camera. In the above case, where the picture has been taken by an employee on instruction by the employer, with the model's consent, the copyright belongs to the university. With no contract, the university could expect to use the image in any legal way they wished.

However, if Ella Dove decided to sue the univeristy for over-zealous editing that had not been agreed, and that caused her embarrassment, the verdict could go either way, as each case of this type is examined on its merits.

The university should have got her to sign a model release form, giving it full rights to alter and publish the picture in any way it chose.

Higginz wrote:
Why on Earth did they feel the need to Photoshop sideburns on to her?

It's the 'Wiggo' effect.

I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

To VConcerned :

I want to apologise to you for my rather silly post here. It was supposed to be funny, but reading it again it isn't funny at all - it comes over as just plain rude.

What you wrote didn't make sense to me, and instead of saying so I just took the mickey.

Over the last couple of days I have had the mickey taken out of me by a couple of regulars on this site, and I'm afraid I was just in that sort of mood !

Once again, I am sorry.

Do not blame the Echo entirely for this one.
The story, almost word for word, was run by the Daily Wail at 01:50 yesterday.
I would suggest that the young lady, who coincidentally is a Co-Editor of the Student Magazine, may have passed a copy of said mag (from July) to an Agency reporter who saw an opportunity for a small fee or two.

I hope this makes the photoshop blunders awards, as for the 'international office' and 'thinking', perhaps I should leave that one...

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

Ignore this post, VConcerned, Billy boy used to be a teacher, and still gets his jollies telling people off. Harmless old sod, really.

Georgem wrote:

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

Ignore this post, VConcerned, Billy boy used to be a teacher, and still gets his jollies telling people off. Harmless old sod, really.

How ironic ! You, Georgem, along with the insufferable Downfader are the very two "regulars" I was referring to in my apology to VConcerned !

Oh, sorry, Georgem, you don't know what an apology is, do you ?

BillyTheKid wrote:

Georgem wrote:

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

Ignore this post, VConcerned, Billy boy used to be a teacher, and still gets his jollies telling people off. Harmless old sod, really.

How ironic ! You, Georgem, along with the insufferable Downfader are the very two "regulars" I was referring to in my apology to VConcerned !

Oh, sorry, Georgem, you don't know what an apology is, do you ?

It's not ironic at all. I knew exactly to whom you were referring, and all I can say, Billy boy, is that if you think a mere reply to one of your posts is "taking the mickey", then you need to get help for your persecution complex.

Beyond that, you're just waffling as usual, imagining you can tell all sorts of things about someone's character from a few posts on a website. Mildly tiresome, but harmless enough.

BillyTheKid wrote:

Georgem wrote:

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

Ignore this post, VConcerned, Billy boy used to be a teacher, and still gets his jollies telling people off. Harmless old sod, really.

How ironic ! You, Georgem, along with the insufferable Downfader are the very two "regulars" I was referring to in my apology to VConcerned !

Oh, sorry, Georgem, you don't know what an apology is, do you ?

It's not ironic at all. I knew exactly to whom you were referring, and all I can say, Billy boy, is that if you think a mere reply to one of your posts is "taking the mickey", then you need to get help for your persecution complex.

Beyond that, you're just waffling as usual, imagining you can tell all sorts of things about someone's character from a few posts on a website. Mildly tiresome, but harmless enough.

Georgem wrote:

BillyTheKid wrote:

Georgem wrote:

BillyTheKid wrote:

VConcerned wrote:
I could understand if this photo was changed to take clothing off or make either embaressing poses but please why did this ever get to print in the Echo. Is nothing else to look into or has the Echo a hidden agenda?
How many times has the Echo changed a photo in anyway?
Get a life Echo!

Read my post carefully, and you'll see why the matter is of interest. You might like to have a dictionary handy.

Let me put it another way :

Wot i says inn wot i writ tells you about wot is all about and wot witch words wot are big and you don no whot they mean is ina dikshunrey.

Ignore this post, VConcerned, Billy boy used to be a teacher, and still gets his jollies telling people off. Harmless old sod, really.

How ironic ! You, Georgem, along with the insufferable Downfader are the very two "regulars" I was referring to in my apology to VConcerned !

Oh, sorry, Georgem, you don't know what an apology is, do you ?

It's not ironic at all. I knew exactly to whom you were referring, and all I can say, Billy boy, is that if you think a mere reply to one of your posts is "taking the mickey", then you need to get help for your persecution complex.

Beyond that, you're just waffling as usual, imagining you can tell all sorts of things about someone's character from a few posts on a website. Mildly tiresome, but harmless enough.

Your "mere replies" always fall into one of several categories. You are either condescending, indifferent, sarcastic, mocking, sneering, or insensitive. Always negative.

You never examine anything, offer any useful advice, or throw any light on a subject.

Some of us are confined to the house for long periods, through no fault of our own, and like the contact with other people that forums like this offer.

On the two occasions I joined this site, I posted innocent comments that I hoped would be mildly interesting to some people. But the nasty and often vindictive attitudes of some posters offended me. Complaints to the Echo were unhelpful, as they accepted there was a problem but were unable to do much without constant monitoring - something they did not want to do.

so I began fighting my own battles, which has resulted in constant ridicule from people like you.

For me this is a no win situation, unless you agree to back off.

Georgem, please ignore above as we now have a ceasefire agreement !