Indeed, and a very interesting and relevant parallel Mr P. The modern world enables pitchfork wielding mob justice and I for one am not comfortable with it. Maybe I was a decade ago, but as I've got older I'm not such a fan.
Whether or not they've upset millions is besides the point really. They've upset some people, certainly. The question is whether we want people arrested for this sort of moronic behaviour.
You're clearly missing my point, which was more elequently explained by lost in london. Basically, where the PM comments in this way, it lends credence to mob mentality which could well end up with these idiots having their lives ruined.
You might be right, if he'd been PM and acted in this...
She could have commented in many ways, but the sensible thing to have done was surely to have said "it would be inappropriate to comment whilst this is being investigated" or something. As I say, it's not so much that she commented, just that she obviously did so readily when she was far more...
I tend to think people as stupid as this still probably don't see why it is deemed offensive. But there are thick, boorish people everywhere - I don't want them arrested for it.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46106224
There is no doubt that this goes beyond poor taste - it's really very unpleasant that anybody could think this was a good idea. But there are two things that bother me and I feel are in danger of being overlooked:
1) Five people...