He used an expression which is often used in a light hearted way

to express a serious and widely held view. He didn't use the expression to make an inappropriately light hearted comment about a dreadful murder.
In the context, it's not really something worth being concerned about.

Posted By: paulg on September 30th 2021 at 14:45:49

Message Thread

Hanging is too good for him (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 30, 12:52:03
- Those using this as a stick to beat the police with need to take a breath (General Chat) - Munich93, Sep 30, 18:36:33
- I have little faith in the police, womeb shouldresist arrest, its better than being killed (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Sep 30, 13:54:36
  - So one lunatic means all male police officers are bad ? (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 14:23:38
    - His nickname was "The Rapist" its more than one lunatic (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Sep 30, 15:17:45
      - That’s pure speculation isn’t it ?… (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 15:30:22
        
        Try these then (General Chat) - megson, Sep 30, 15:44:24
        
        one person's (untested) experience, recounted on twitter? (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 15:55:04
        
        Read the replies, multiple stories, or try this (General Chat) - megson, Sep 30, 15:56:59
        
        Isn’t it like any walk of life … (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:07:31
        
        Places like the police and army do attract cunts (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:13:38
        
        So do message boards tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 16:26:03
        
        Yes social media has a large share (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:28:19
        
        Oh Mikey....you just got smashed and didn't even realize... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 30, 20:29:13
        
        Impressive that you’re able to admit that 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 16:27:54
        
        The unexamined life is not worth living, Simon (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 16:30:36
        
        Fucking idiot you are. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:17:50
        
        That’s settled then (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:16:29
        
        It’s a fact yes (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:19:36
        
        Good stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:20:32
        
        It’s not good at all (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:24:32
        
        You are a wanker. You have researched information that supports your point (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:33:38
        
        That’s fantastic news they aren’t the LAPD (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:35:16
        
        You're being a bigger penis than normal. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:37:32
        
        Had no idea it would be so controversial (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:43:53
        
        You what? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:47:57
        
        So the army are ok then? Good stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:27:01
        
        Nope not at all (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:33:38
        
        I’m not but you aren’t exactly balanced … (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:36:23
        
        Of course the vast majority are decent (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 16:38:39
        
        Very disappointed in you once again. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:44:32
        
        Big business and government. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:41:09
        
        You may be right not sure how you would ever prove that though … (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:40:18
        
        Higher % of psychopaths in police services than in the general population (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 17:03:53
        
        Crack on then boy. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 16:35:37
  - WTF some ones got some issues (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 14:19:56
  - That's part of why what he did is so very appalling. (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 13:57:53
    - Policing of lockdown was a shambles (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Sep 30, 14:01:36
      - Are you fucking serious? She wasn't arrested she was kidnapped (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Sep 30, 15:02:45
        
        well actually she was arrested for an actual offence (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 30, 17:53:04
      - I’m struggling to see any relevance at all (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:28:53
        
        She was arrested for breaking lockdown. (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Sep 30, 14:33:51
        
        no (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Sep 30, 15:14:26
        
        Yes, I don’t think he was acting in line with official police guidance (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:36:19
        
        He was a rogue police officer manufacturing a situation… (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 14:35:05
      - Which aspect of policing lockdown ? (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 14:28:18
        
        Abducting, raping and murdering! (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Sep 30, 14:29:15
        
        You said policing of lockdown was a shambles … (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 14:33:25
        
        They might despise him but they have to take ownership of the fact that he was one of them (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 14:59:05
        
        He was also a human....maybe we should all take ownership (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 30, 20:30:55
        
        Bit all or nothing, no? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 21:44:05
        
        Do you take that view (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 17:11:09
        
        Hating people as a group because of the actions of a few is... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 30, 20:33:21
        
        Think that is very harsh tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 15:23:16
        
        It's not harsh, I'm suggesting they should do more to look at themselves... (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 16:34:52
        
        Isn’t that what the IPCC is for?… (General Chat) - loz, Sep 30, 16:38:19
        
        I didn't deny many do good work. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 16:42:47
        
        "clearly a problem"? (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 17:13:41
        
        Well, the reason why we’re discussing this, for one… (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 19:56:48
        
        He was caught by the Police, at least. (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 17:14:31
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 30, 17:05:36
      - It's worse in aussie by the looks of it. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 14:20:29
- I say a knitting needle up the japs eye…..ouch. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, Sep 30, 13:37:33
  - Some people do that do fun (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 30, 17:41:04
- I have been against the death penalty for most of my adult life (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 13:12:54
  - The death penalty doesn't act as a deterrent and there is the risk of killing the innocent (General Chat) - Old Man, Sep 30, 17:44:21
  - I object to the death penalty because I don’t trust the state (General Chat) - matgore, Sep 30, 14:28:11
  - Yeah can’t ever condone capital punishment though. But I can understand why some (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Sep 30, 13:57:57
    - Trust me - I’ve been there, and hanging IS too good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Sep 30, 15:17:27
  - Vmt.the death sentence, as you all know doesn't work as a deterrent, but spend (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 13:39:15
    - Seems to be a bit of a male issue mostly, I’m ashamed to say (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 13:46:41
      - You're right yes,I'm old enough to know I react differently to men than I do (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 13:59:29
  - And what good does killing him do? (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 13:37:05
    - Well (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 13:50:27
      - The money spent on possibly reforming a prisoners (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 14:59:51
    - It's a punishment. (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 13:49:01
      - Disagree strongly, reform has to be part of someone's rehabilitation (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 13:54:11
        
        Doesn’t a whole life sentence mean that there is no reform element to his punishment? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:23:43
        
        Reform can be spiritual, internal, religious (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 14:48:59
        
        I'm not sure you can "reform " a narcissistic sociopath. You can certainly address the co (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 14:16:08
        
        And if they are a Psychopath then they require (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 14:50:44
        
        I said sociopath, neither are mental health conditions. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 15:02:21
        
        Well mental illnesses for the pendants. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 15:04:44
        
        Your original point has never stood (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 14:05:06
        
        My point isnt only based on comforting the ladies family (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 15:01:34
        
        If you take someone like Levi Bellfield as an example (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:28:13
        
        If they are a psychopath then they have a personality and or mental health disorder (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 14:55:34
        
        That doesn't mean they don't have the capacity to make an informed (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 15:14:26
        
        Oh yes,that freak deserves a different kind of justice imo.like the (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 14:33:34
        
        But what if a person is either beyond reform, or in no need of reform? (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 13:57:05
        
        And who makes the judgement that they are beyond reform? (n/m) (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Sep 30, 14:56:10
        
        In this case, the judge (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 16:22:53
      - All right Immanuel (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 13:51:29
  - hes a cop (General Chat) - big member, Sep 30, 13:26:52
    - a cop in a jail (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 13:35:07
      - It will cost the taxpayer more because we live in a nanny state and they won’t want to see (General Chat) - Biggles, Sep 30, 13:36:49
        
        Make him a Eunice! (n/m) (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Sep 30, 15:54:15
        
        Dino h! (n/m) (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Sep 30, 15:54:56
        
        Yeah! (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 16:35:58
        
        Bloody I phone! Castrate him. Make him a Eunice (n/m) (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Sep 30, 15:55:53
        
        Eunoch. (n/m) (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Sep 30, 15:56:21
        
        Make him a Eunice all right. Not an Enoch though. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 30, 16:31:40
        
        if you believe that killing is bad (General Chat) - big member, Sep 30, 13:41:30
    - Yes, Mrs Git said that (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 30, 13:29:55
      - hard cases, bad law and all that. (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 13:51:30
  - Yep, its not one I'd put any effort in to resisting (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Sep 30, 13:18:51
- Am i the only one who thinks that comment was not appropriate (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 13:01:19
  - Dunno if you’re the only one, but I disagree that it was inappropriate (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:24:42
    - It was clear that he didn't say it in jest (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 14:34:39
      - He used an expression which is often used in a light hearted way (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 14:45:49
      - You haven't got a sense of humour anyway and you've clearly (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 30, 14:39:44
        
        no sense of humour (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 14:48:13
      - Fair enough, i still don’t see it as inappropriate but it doesn’t matter if we disagree (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 14:38:24
        
        hang on mate not so fast .. this is the WOTB (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 30, 14:51:25
        
        Oh, sorry (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 30, 16:27:16
        
        I was called a kant earlier on, but hey, I'm cool with that (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 30, 14:53:37
  - Maybe, I'm sure no malice was intended though. (General Chat) - NxNW, Sep 30, 13:08:54

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