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Hoiday Snap Of A Liberal Democrat Councillor And Magistrate
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http:// www.dai lymail. co.uk/n ews/art icle-25 90036/L iberal- Democra t-counc illor-m agistra te-pose s-photo graph-A K-47-AS SAULT-R IFLE.ht ml
Should he now be 'fired'?
What I can't understand, this has been his profile picture on Twitter since September but it is said that it has only recently been brought to light.
His excuse was "I am running for election this year and I think the opposition have picked it up and are trying to summon up some dirt about it".
Should he now be 'fired'?
What I can't understand, this has been his profile picture on Twitter since September but it is said that it has only recently been brought to light.
His excuse was "I am running for election this year and I think the opposition have picked it up and are trying to summon up some dirt about it".
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LazyGun - "I can only speak from personal experience here, but I know 2 judges sort of socially, both of whom shoot regularly - clay pidgeons and hunting mostly, but one attends a firing range too - and both have probably got photographs of them with a gun in hand. Are you saying that neither of these guys should be considered suitable material for being a...
12:39 Thu 27th Mar 2014
LazyGun
/// LoL Naive! :) The only reason it has made the national press and you have decided to post it is precisely because of the colour of his skin. In yours and the DMs eyes - Brown skin+assault rifle = terrorist. ///
Stop now because you are now getting too silly for me to carry on debating with you.
First your sensitivity regarding skin colour thus falling short of actually calling me a racist and now finally wheeling out the anti Daily Mail agenda, when this story has also been reported on by the BBC.
/// LoL Naive! :) The only reason it has made the national press and you have decided to post it is precisely because of the colour of his skin. In yours and the DMs eyes - Brown skin+assault rifle = terrorist. ///
Stop now because you are now getting too silly for me to carry on debating with you.
First your sensitivity regarding skin colour thus falling short of actually calling me a racist and now finally wheeling out the anti Daily Mail agenda, when this story has also been reported on by the BBC.
@ Naomi. OK. And he may end up being sacked. I don't think that is a deserved response though. Nor do I think that the first response, upon seeing a posed picture of someone holding a gun, is to think "aha! terrorist."
I think it might be political naivete - but then more than a few councillors and politicians have been caught out in inappropriate pictures or having made misjudged tweets or facebook postings.
As a society, we should develop a thicker skin and be a little less quick to pass such judgements.
I think it might be political naivete - but then more than a few councillors and politicians have been caught out in inappropriate pictures or having made misjudged tweets or facebook postings.
As a society, we should develop a thicker skin and be a little less quick to pass such judgements.
//As a society, we should develop a thicker skin //
If only. With people either actively seeking offence or tying themselves in knots in an effort not to give it, I have to agree with that. However, in this instance, a thicker skin is not the answer - just a bit of plain common sense would do. I wouldn't vote for him - and not because he's a LibDem.
If only. With people either actively seeking offence or tying themselves in knots in an effort not to give it, I have to agree with that. However, in this instance, a thicker skin is not the answer - just a bit of plain common sense would do. I wouldn't vote for him - and not because he's a LibDem.
Everyone is entitled to moments of idiocy, even politicians and magistrates. To claim otherwise is to deny the human condition. We often judge too harshly based around 1 misdemeanour.
To you and others here, this posed picture is an indefensible error. To me it is juvenile but hardly a sacking offence.
As to who I would vote for, it would be based on 2 criteria - whether or not I thought them any good as a local candidate, and secondly on which party they represented. Since I have no idea how good he is as a local candidate I would not vote for him on the basis of his party affiliation.
To you and others here, this posed picture is an indefensible error. To me it is juvenile but hardly a sacking offence.
As to who I would vote for, it would be based on 2 criteria - whether or not I thought them any good as a local candidate, and secondly on which party they represented. Since I have no idea how good he is as a local candidate I would not vote for him on the basis of his party affiliation.
I wonder if this is a British thing. We have very strict gun control in this country, so the macho gun trotting pic does not play well with us.
Posing with a gun didn't stop these people getting le ted...
Putin
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Sarah Palin
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Beflusconi
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President Obama
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President Bush
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Gromit, great! Just what’s needed to illustrate the point being made here. Since the colour of the councillor’s skin has been said to have influenced perceptions of the picture, take a good look at Obama’s picture – him having approximately the same colour skin as the councillor. Can you spot the difference? Well done, Gromit.
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