The Great Radio Debate!

The recent opinions of radio presenter James O'Brien definately landined him in a bit of hot water with not only Frank Lampard but a fair few others aswell! It made me think that Frank Lampard was perfectly within his rights to defend himself just like any other father divorced from his wife and without his children. I should know, my parent aren't together and I still see my dad, he still does pretty much everything for his kids. Times are different, marraige is no longer taken the way it was forty years ago. In a society where more women are opting for a baby over a husband, its unlikely that many children will live with both parental units in the same home. Why should that make a man "scum"? Its very appropriate for a man in a family situation to say "I would fight tooth and nail to keep my kids" but until they're in a situation where the children are to be with both parental units then its difficult to imagine what you would do in that situation.
Personally I don't think there should be this stigma attatched to single parents. Many fathers work hard to take care of their children without seeing them everyday! I think that O'brien was also extremely hypocritical. When interviewed about the whole situation he said that their had only been a reaction to what had happened because Frank Lampard was "this famous footballer", however, O'brien only explicitly commented on his situation because it was in the newspaper, he therefore exploited the same fame at which he was so aggrivated about.
I completely agree that he is entitled to express his opinion, and as he rightly said, it is a radio show and people are able to call in at any time to express their own views but I don't believe that he should have made the 'attack' so personal or so insulting. Thats just mindless name calling!