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Wales boss emphatically rejects chance to testify at Leveson enquiry.
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offlineMemberIn my defence it wasn't a crude attempt, I rejected funnier yet cruder ideas as inappropriate, timing is fresh admittedly. Obviously it was a surprise when I saw the news, like others I wondered what would make an outwardly happy well off family man top himself. I think in cases like this there is usually something hidden, sometimes personal secrets, and Leveson is about tabloids ferreting out secrets and exposing them, often putting terrible pressure on the individual's involved. It was edgy but I believe relevant to link the two topics, in good taste, maybe not, laugh out loud funny, no, but satirical, I believe so.
I won't apologise for it, but also whilst I was prepared for strong feelings I think crude personal insults are out of order.
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberI don't like it, it's not a good subject to joke about and I didn't find it funny. But I think the reactions are far too strong, there's no need to vilify someone for overstepping the mark.
Posted 1 year ago # -
dvo4fun
offlineMemberI did a sub on this (very sad it must be said) subject, which related to the media reaction and not the death itself. When I saw it 'on screen' thought twice and decided to delete.
The fact is we're never all going to agree on what is & isn't good taste. Pushing the edges reveals where our own boundaries are - for me it was only after posting that I thought I might have gone past my own. Reaction - good or bad - is part of it but the personal abuse doesn't seem appropriate.
Right. I'm off for the third large Scotch of the evening. Having had some 'bleak days & nights' of my own in times gone by, thankful that I'm still breathing and have a supportive circle of friends and family.
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I didn't find the post funny, and thought it was in bad taste, but people should be allowed to write what they want without receiving abuse. It's easy to call people a cunt whilst sitting at your computer - I doubt you'd be so casually offensive if you were speaking face to face.
Posted 1 year ago # -
charlies_hat
offlineMemberI got up this morning and was going to post something about people 'coming out as Speed-ophiles' over the weekend, given the desperate coverage of rolling out everyone and their grandmother to wax lyrical - but then decided not to post. Having said that, I do think people should be able to post what they like when they like - if it's poor then it will dissapear quickly anyway, no need for cheap insults.
Posted 1 year ago # -
greg various
offlineMemberChrist! If you want an argument let yourselves go. You'll feel better for it. This is like a load of poofs in a pillow fight. I don't think I'd heard of the bloke before yesterday but I can say that most of these sort of hangings are of a sexual nature.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Gerontius
offlineMemberGreg Darling,
I think you may have just ‘outed’ yourself.
So...you know what it’s like to be involved in a pillow fight with a load of poofs, however you don’t know who the professional footballer is but then you are familiar with the pleasures of erotic asphyxiation.
You scamp.
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offlineMemberBonjonelson "Arsehole. You'll be making jokes about George Michael dying next."
I was going to point out to wayland he had just given you a plus for your George Michael last Christmas post, but I thought it best to lie low.
It just shows Stalin was correct about people, one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberReforse, I thought the George Michael post was funny. As it happens, I was defending your right to say whatever you like, and other people's right not to like it.
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offlineMemberI appreciate that, it was the "not a good subject to joke about" bit, I only commented now as Bonjo had brought his post up, which was a joke about a gay man with pneumonia facing a last Christmas. Fair enough, you judged it as not funny, I am feeling a little defensive, but hey I will spend my time coming up with a Thatcher ticker, hopefully it will be unfunny and appear rushed when I post it.
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waylandsmithy
offlineMemberIt was a bad taste pun. I like puns.
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- If your Thatcher gag is good, I'll give it stars.
Everytime I hear the name Lady Gaga, I think of her anyway... (When I first heard the name, I thought what a brilliant idea - someone will have taken speech soundbites, etc. and remixed them with some hideous young person's music to make a dance track...)- I had to google 'Wales boss' to know what you'd written about, and was pretty grossed out when I found out. Bit Frankie Boyle for my genteel tastes, sorry.
- Hope the debate over the comedy value of middle-aged suicides is settled soon.
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