And that's been true since Shakespeare...
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.
Fans of the Twat-O-Tron will be delighted and disturbed in equal measure to learn that one Daily Mail commenter has managed to surpass the hideous turdspurts which emanate from Middle England's automated indignation generator. It's inevitable that any story regarding the murderers of James Bulger will arouse strong feelings, …
.. there's another comment from Pritesh Hathalia that says:
"since coming to your country I have seen this again and again, the Britsh people are weak innit and so is their justice system. I'n my country this boy would be lynched by the local residents from a peepil tree. You people could learn alot from a more civilised nation like India."
Pritesh Hathalia, Leicester, 8/3/2010 11:51
I wonder what "Pritesh Hathalia" translates as ?
...or any other South Asian language, but my guess is "Pritesh Hathalia" translates as "cognitive dissonance", as in what happens in the Daily Wail reader's mind when reading that comment: "hate foreigners - but also must whine about namby pamby punishments - but can't agree with Asians - but want to string people up - but can't stand immigrants - cannot reconcile contradictory desires oh my God I can't - "
<head asplodes>
I like how the Mail is simultaneously pro harsh punishments for criminals (death penalty, long custodial sentences, life-means-life etc) while being anti Sharia law. If the Mail was consistent, it would launch a campaign to have Sharia law introduced in Britain, instead of writing scare-mongering articles about it. But then if the Mail was consistent, rational or logical about anything it would have fewer readers than the Independent.
Why do we HAVE to know what he did or is suspected to HAVE done.
He's behind bars the police are investigating, they'll bring him to court in due course if he has in fact done anything wrong.
Why the press feel its incumbent upon them to feed salacious stories to there peadophile readers is beyond me. Lock them all up.
why doesn't James Bulgers mother just shut up and go away already? Yes, it was terrible, Yes those responsible were / are vermin, Yes, it was emotive and stressfull at the time, but she has the whole victim / justice thing done and dusted 15 yrs ago, now she is in danger of becoming a celebrity victim.
Unless Venables has specifically threatened her or her family, she should garner support from her friends and family through this obviously stressful time, rather than posturing and gobbing off on morning TV about her supposed "right to know".
I'm fascinated by just how many people take one comment by one person as somehow indicative of the readership of an entire paper or, for that matter, the views of a large part of society. The comment in question appears to be the second worst rated one and there are many far more reasoned views on the comment list than this one.
It might also come as some suprise to many that "conservative" social views are hardly confined to hwat is deemed to be core Daily Mai readership.
Quite frankly, I'm appalled by many of the comments on this article.
Intelligent people should know better, and I find these ideas increasingly worrying. Are we heading back to the Middle Ages, for crying out loud?
English is governed by common usage, and during the 20th century, "hung" and "hanged" have both become acceptable.
Am I the only person on the Internet with an ounce of common sense?
Sure you can all lay into a commentard reading the daily mail (I don't read it by the way)
But the real issue here is why Venables and Thompson were walking the streets.
I am in favour of the death penalty for murder and 25 years for domestic violence whether it be man or woman
It's simple, just click on "Worst Rated" and voila! Some kind of sense shines through:
"Ah, I draw those kind of pictures all the time, and I'm 41 year of age!
"I think any newspaper that reveals his identity should be fined double the cost of him having to have another. Nothing is to be gained by it. If he due in court for another crime then he should be judged on that crime and if found guilty then his past IE a life sentance in private should be taken inro account. I would rather the papers get back to the important news on how this country is going to deal with a forthcoming election." <- This got voted DOWN 130 times
"The damage done by a dysfunctional home is immense and varied, but it's so much easier to focus on how Venables and Thomspon failed Jamie Bulger rather than how society failed Venables and Thompson isn't it...."
And another gem from Pritesh Hathalia, although I smell a wind up...
"since coming to your country I have seen this again and again, the Britsh people are weak innit and so is their justice system. I'n my country this boy would be lynched by the local residents from a peepil tree. You people could learn alot from a more civilised nation like India."