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Absolute state of terrestrial TV.

They've had this stuff sitting ready for years let's face it.

RIP to the chap anyway. Good innings. Not far from a getting a letter from his own wife/cousin.
 
No, I kind of agree with you. I don't like the institution of the monarchy, but I don't see the need to ridicule a public figure who's died. He had a privileged life (after a very strange and fractured childhood), and for a long time he'd been an old man with inappropriate attitudes that should have been left in the past.

However, he was also the Queen's husband for longer than any of us have lived, and did good things in his life as well as questionable ones.

I think most people's aging fathers have inappropriate attitudes. Mine certainly does.
 
Look, ultimately a man has died and his family will be absolutely devastated. There will obviously be a lot of observers who will be upset by the news. I completely respect that. I wish his family every blessing I can, especially the Queen who has lost the love of her life.

But the absolutely pathetic, opportunistic, faux despair being pedalled by the mass media, and politicians using his death as a political football to once again try and force everyone into being overcome with grief, lest they be accused of being a terrible uncaring human being, is what pisses me off. Fair enough, the jokes when the body is "still warm" are a bit on the nose, but why about folk like Boris using it as an opportunity to stand by a grand lectern showing the cameras how prime ministerial he is? There's probably hundreds of cnuts firing up the printing presses for tomorrow's Special Memorial Edition front pages, and a hundred more cnuts adding the finishing touches to the new shirts and tea cup sets that they can't wait to see sell out on their website.

That we're meant to be crying on the streets, or waving flags for a week of national mourning, or that our lives have to be put on hold, or anything because someone who none of us actually know - when right now there's probably a young child dying after having the shit kicked out of them by an abusive parent and someone who had their disability benefits stripped off them by an uncaring system od'ing in their bathtub - is fecking appalling and just a reminder that people in general don't really give a feck other people's lives. Not unless there's something they can get out of it, such as having people see how sad they look of course.
It seems as contrived as Ty’s reaction to the goal yesterday.
 
It’a utterly baffling to me that this is your take on this thread, yet about the death of Mark Duggan




sickening.
What your point? Comparing a gun toting criminal to an old man :lol: one deserves mocking, the same way, as say, The death of Ian Brady would, and the other doesn’t!
 
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Just nipped out to the supermarket and every single radio station is playing somber instrumental versions of pop songs.

It’s bizarre to me, like when you’re on an airplane and they adjust the lighting and air temperature.
 
Look, ultimately a man has died and his family will be absolutely devastated. There will obviously be a lot of observers who will be upset by the news. I completely respect that. I wish his family every blessing I can, especially the Queen who has lost the love of her life.

But the absolutely pathetic, opportunistic, faux despair being pedalled by the mass media, and politicians using his death as a political football to once again try and force everyone into being overcome with grief, lest they be accused of being a terrible uncaring human being, is what pisses me off. Fair enough, the jokes when the body is "still warm" are a bit on the nose, but what about folk like Boris using it as an opportunity to stand by a grand lectern showing the cameras how prime ministerial he is? There's probably hundreds of cnuts firing up the printing presses for tomorrow's Special Memorial Edition front pages, and a hundred more cnuts adding the finishing touches to the new shirts and tea cup sets that they can't wait to see sell out on their website. Everyone is at it.

That we're meant to be crying on the streets, or waving flags for a week of national mourning, or that our lives have to be put on hold, or anything because someone who none of us actually know - when right now there's probably a young child dying after having the shit kicked out of them by an abusive parent and someone who had their disability benefits stripped off them by an uncaring system od'ing in their bathtub - is fecking appalling and just a reminder that people in general don't really give a feck other people's lives. Not unless there's something they can get out of it, such as having people see how sad they look of course.

I don't really disagree with any of that. tbf to Boris, or any incumbent PM, he is behoved to make a statement, and it's the right thing for a PM to do. Starmer has also paid tribute. Fortunately, he has a bit of respect, unlike his predecessor.

I agree that TV is pretty awful on these things. I can only imagine that they have to do all these programmes, in case someone misses them due to work, or something.

They can't really, for example, interrupt all this for the latest episode of East Enders
 
Look, ultimately a man has died and his family will be absolutely devastated. There will obviously be a lot of observers who will be upset by the news. I completely respect that. I wish his family every blessing I can, especially the Queen who has lost the love of her life.

But the absolutely pathetic, opportunistic, faux despair being pedalled by the mass media, and politicians using his death as a political football to once again try and force everyone into being overcome with grief, lest they be accused of being a terrible uncaring human being, is what pisses me off. Fair enough, the jokes when the body is "still warm" are a bit on the nose, but what about folk like Boris using it as an opportunity to stand by a grand lectern showing the cameras how prime ministerial he is? There's probably hundreds of cnuts firing up the printing presses for tomorrow's Special Memorial Edition front pages, and a hundred more cnuts adding the finishing touches to the new shirts and tea cup sets that they can't wait to see sell out on their website. Everyone is at it.

That we're meant to be crying on the streets, or waving flags for a week of national mourning, or that our lives have to be put on hold, or anything because someone who none of us actually know - when right now there's probably a young child dying after having the shit kicked out of them by an abusive parent and someone who had their disability benefits stripped off them by an uncaring system od'ing in their bathtub - is fecking appalling and just a reminder that people in general don't really give a feck when someone they don't know dies. Not unless there's something they can get out of it, such as having people see how sad they look as they stand outside the palace holding their candles in full view of the international press.
Exactly. Even the radio stations are playing sombre music. Your being forced to mourn someone you don't even know. It's like we should all be grateful about how brilliant he was.
 
Honestly, it never fails surprise me some of the low level shite some people post on here in the hope of getting a laugh.

Well said.
There are times in our lives when if you can only say awful things about the dead, then it is time to ask yourself what your standards are like.
 
People still watching the old TV channels.
People still listening to the radio.

How many on here are still on dial-up?
 
Well said.
There are times in our lives when if you can only say awful things about the dead, then it is time to ask yourself what your standards are like.
You should imagine Prince Philip is saying these things.
 
Yeah ok, maybe it’s not so recent
The topic itself is fair for discussion obviously. When it pervades every other thread and the same rows come out it does get a bit Groundhog Day
You mean people playing ‘the race card’?
 
Be close to a hundred, expect to die. One less scumbag off the estate.
 
You mean people playing ‘the race card’?
I don’t know what it is, it just seems to be prevalent in so many threads at the moment. Maybe it’s a sign of a more intolerant (or maybe more polarised) society.
 
I don’t know what it is, it just seems to be prevalent in so many threads at the moment. Maybe it’s a sign of a more intolerant (or maybe more polarised) society.

Intolerant of racists and racism you mean?
 
I don’t know what it is, it just seems to be prevalent in so many threads at the moment. Maybe it’s a sign of a more intolerant (or maybe more polarised) society.
Or current racists feel more emboldened.
 
He was a public figure who repeatedly normalized racism. I ain't mourning him.