NewsBiscuit :: Really great Olympics story but...

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Really great Olympics story but...

...I do feel a little uneasy about the Ian Huntley reference.

Duddy :: Fri 4 Apr 11:22 :: Comment / reply

I'm ok with it

It's a bit edgy, obviously, but I don't think it's actually offensive. Made me laugh, albeit in a very slightly guilty manner.

Really good story, though.

mattvaughan :: Fri 4 Apr 11:46 :: Comment / reply

Fri 4 Apr 11:55

I didn't feel offended, exactly. It just stopped me laughing, somehow - and I just thought the rest was so great.

Duddy :: Fri 4 Apr 11:55 :: Comment / reply

We aim to please...

Fair point, well made...It does sort of interrupt the comedy doesn't it? It has been duly changed...

editor :: Fri 4 Apr 12:14 :: Comment / reply

Fri 4 Apr 13:21

Perfect! Thank you...

Duddy :: Fri 4 Apr 13:21 :: Comment / reply

Jolly good

But isn't it interesting that al-Qaeda, an organisation that has murdered thousands of people and is bent on murdering more if it could, is considered less controversial than a caretaker who murdered two girls? No criticism intended - just seemed interesting.

It is a lovely story, though, and great pictures too - especially the "No Signal" one. Love it.

mattvaughan :: Fri 4 Apr 15:09 :: Comment / reply

Fri 4 Apr 16:16

Yes, that struck me too, Matt - weird, really, but it is.

Anyway, six rings, no doors - excellent stuff - and just a matter of years before it all comes true.

Duddy :: Fri 4 Apr 16:16 :: Comment / reply

Fri 4 Apr 22:17

It is odd isn't it. I'd guess it's because we think of al-Qaeda as an anonymous organisation who -might- not all be bad, where as Huntley is a 'tabloid-outed-official-evil-incarnate'.

Certainly I know which story I'd bank on more fuss being made over.