Kellfire
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Go back and read what I said that prompted faux-outrage from Phil. It was measured.
Kobe Bryant - helicopter crash
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I have already read it.
Like I said. Time and place.
You even lead with the harsh (but fair assessment). Neither the accusations or his skill have any relevance when simply wishing Well to someone who's died. With a family member also.
Kellfire
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Have I said any of this to his family or friends? No, of course not. This is a medium where we can be almost certain that no one who will be impacted by his death will read it. It’s a forum for discussion and often that means disagreement. It doesn’t mean one side can claim moral superiority over something like this. It’s absolutely fair to take a measured approach when discussing someone like this.
If someone started a thread to mourn Jimmy Savile (nothing proven remember!) and I replied saying that I had loved his TV shows as a kid and therefore he was only a positive influence on my life, how do you think that would be received?
Nobody is raising a thread with rip Jimmy Saville. Maybe MJ would have been more comparable.
Imo It was only measured in that you knew it would get a response. I wish I'd just let it go.
Imo It was only measured in that you knew it would get a response. I wish I'd just let it go.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
ah well..
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Just read this eulogy (I guess it is)...could apply to any hero/heroine who tragically dies:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPPS7U9VAAE62Ud?format=jpg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPPS7U9VAAE62Ud?format=jpg&name=medium
robinthehood
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I saw a story yesterday about a US journalist being suspended for tweeting about the allegations. Quite a bit of outrage about it apparently, the suspension not what she tweeted.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51279486
Kellfire
Blackballed
I saw they said she was suspended for breaching their policies which in that case I guess it’s fair enough but the content of what she said was completely valid.
robinthehood
Hacker
She was reinstated pretty quickly, was a massive overreaction from the paper.
I personally don't get these sort of public grieving type threads, may be that's harsh?
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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No - I don't think it's harsh. We all deal with this sort of thing in our own way.
I heard of Nicholas Parson's passing and thought it was sad. But not in a grieving sort of way, just a compassion for those close to him - and in a reflective way on times past and others who have now gone - close to me and not so close. I find any death sad to one degree or another - even when others might not be bothered or indeed be quite glad...but in that same vein I don't grieve or overdo the emoting about the passing of someone I don't really know.
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Nice tribute at the 16th at the Waste Management - flag is 24 yards on 8 in from the left , 24 and 8 on the flag and both numbers sprayed on the ground ?
