JP, you were cheapening the trajedy by starting the fight. What you said was incredibly pretentious. You tried to make yourself sound superior to Brandon simply because you found out about the attack from a different source. This always happens when there's a trajedy like this, people always argue and put others down simply because they know ever-so-slightly more about it. I don't think Brandon was trying to plug a website/singer, either.
It's not a pissing contest about who cares more. I didn't point it out for the hell of it, I was genuinly suprised by the post. I'm not critisizing him for hearing about it from a different source, but that he could have extended his knowledge before coming to the daily click. In the five minutes it took to write a post about how the haley westenra fan club forums didn't give him any information, he could have got the information, then come to TDC to express his sympathy.
Noodle - I was not referring to prices, cheapening can also mean degrading. There is no bandwagon, just because I utilize the english language to offer an appropriate sympathetic response does not mean I am not serious. To me "Hats off to the people who died yesterday. " is not befitting.
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10th July, 2005 at 02:42:36 -
""My sincere condolences go out to the families and victims" - who the hell are you? The president? Get off the bandwagon right now JP. "
Who cares? He feels sorry for the people who died, and that's all that really matters, is it not? It is 'retarted' if you get the news off a site like this one and not checking it with the real story by a news website, otherwise you get mangled veiws and incorrect info (not that doen't happen with the media and such). Thankfully there wasn't much details to be screwed around with with this story.
By the way, it would be nice to have one topic (even one as tragic this) not be reduced to a flame war. Just for once?
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I know what cheapening means JP - I was simply being fecetious (spelt wrong I know). I was simply pointing out that it is in fact impossible to "cheapen" a tragedy. Tragedies are immune to cheapening.
"An appropriate sympathetic response"? To whom? That response was purely for the benefit of The Daily Click - a token condolence with no value. If you're really sorry send them some money or sommat.
I feel for the families. Some still don't know about their loved ones. And the bodies may be buried under wreckage down in the underground (subway).
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10th July, 2005 at 12:34:06 -
Shall we not argue amongst ourselves children, espsecially in a topic such as this. No need for the "I care more!" attitude either.
Personally, I think we can count ourselves as lucky that more people didn't die. It could have been a whole lot worse. The emergency services were great and the reports I've read all cite the "spirit of the Blitz"; all the Londoners helping each other out and all that. If anything this terrorist attack will have hardened our resolve. The attacks hardly came as a surprise either: we'd been sort of expecting it to happen since 9/11. Still... quite hard to believe.
I work in London and left the tube at liverpool street 15 mins before the explosion (but so did thousands of others). Things were pretty hairy here with lots of false rumours flying around and stuff. People are still quite jumpy and there's still been a few bomb scares, but most people are back in work today.
I wonder how this will effect the US/UK relations. Most of the UK (and a good portion of the US) hate Bush. Do you think this will just stir things up more? I think it will just tick everyone off...somemore.
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My hate for terrorists and extremists is over the top. 9/11 was bad enough, these several other attacks poised around the world are even worse, yet to attack on such a time (Live 8, winning the Olympic Bid) where London was portrayed a very happy place only to wake up to chaos, is terrible. If they could just find those fuckers and end this pointless torment then we could travel without fear and continue with our normal lives. They just need to die, keep a few alive for constant torture to find other shit like those whacha-ma-callit of mass destruction, if they exist.
Nobody react to what I say, I'm in a bad mood with those cunts and don't need do-gooders like Noodle thinking I'm being offensive. Don't know how I am being offensive (except to terrorists but they can suck my huge dong) but people do find a way when you talk like that.
Btw Noodle, seriously STFU.
"My sincere condolences go out to the families and victims" - who the hell are you? The president? Get off the bandwagon right now JP."
Since when did you have to be the president to say that? That is a stupid comment and I really think you need to shape up for such a pathetic statement like that. Anyone can says what JP said, it's not like he can't give his sympathies.
It's people like you with an attitude to think that the world revolves around you, everything you say has a tone which points towards your over whelming ego and how you think you are that extra bit more important than the others around here. Stop acting like such a prick and pretending to be funny. I really hate to tell you this in this thread but I had to sooner or later.
I suppose I offended you now, wouldn't be surprised.
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