Not NaNoWriMo #7

Posted by Hazel on 12 November 2010

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I believe that people have the right to make jokes. I just wish they were funny and didn't wish for death and destruction.

"Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!"

Paul Chambers on Twitter

Can someone please stone Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to death? I shan’t tell Amnesty if you don’t. It would be a blessing.

Gareth Compton on Twitter

Andy on 12 November 2010 said:

I agree although there's a gulf of difference between those two. The first was just an idle quip born out of frustration. Paul Chambers is not a comedian and the "joke" was not supposed to last much beyond the 20 secs it took to type it in - we all make crap jokes from time to time and that was all it was... there was no "menace" and really there was no death and destruction implied (and it's baffling and hugely worrying that anyone could think that there was). The second was ignorant and hateful and bigoted and said by someone (a politician) whose views and opinions have some credence. I think it's unfair to bundle them together.
Hazel on 12 November 2010 said:

This was a throwaway post and I agree with you really. They aren't really connected except by coming to prominence at the same time. My point is that I wish people wouldn't use such ugly language which trying to say something.

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