Mark Steyn defends Black’s breast-cupping gesture

Writing on his Maclean’s blog today, Mark Steyn—playing Cohn to Black’s Joseph McCarthy—enlightened the passing multitudes on the injustice of it all. In doing so he offered the following: “As for the various papers around the world, they’re not in such great shape under their new owners. ‘You have to have a feel for it,’ Conrad said to me a couple of months back, making that little motion he does with his right hand that makes it look either as if he’s re-tuning an ancient radio or cupping the breast of a passing waitress.”

Exsqueeze me?

Those two must spend a fortune on tips.

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