Funny?

[Rockrose]

Is this what is considered as funny these days?
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/london/west/kensington-chelsea/grenfell-tower-fire/people-burn-grenfell-tower-effigy-at-bonfire-party/

[spathiphyllum]

I don't think it's worth getting arrested for... Waste of police time?

[Ken4155]

AOG; an effigy of someone in the public eye may be in poor taste but an effigy of a building in which so many died is in absolutely awful taste. The two cannot be compared. Surely?

[spathiphyllum]

It is odd how people are more outraged with this video than the people who put the flammable cladding on the building to save money... That is "utterly unacceptable". They knew the fire hazards in the building, the government failed to act. We should be outraged at them but we're not are we.. We'll get up in arms over some random mindless idiots.. Really worth all of our time.

[naomi24]

//We should be outraged at them but we're not are we.. //

I think we have been, spath .... frequently.

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Spicerack
I'm loathe to give my view. Don't want to be attacked. (or upset anyone)


Don't be a coward, Spicerack.
I do keep my eye out for cowards who deliberately avoid threads (Aasia Bibi)...do I have to mark you down as a coward?

72, not 75 died in the Grenfell fire.

[spathiphyllum]

"I think we have been, spath .... frequently."

Maybe.. nada got done though! There are still buildings with just as much fire risk. They also knew of the serious fire dangers. They are solely to blame.

[naomi24]

That's a different discussion - and it's been done several times.

[Gromit]

// A St George’s flag can be seen on the fence behind the bonfire as the effigy burns. //

Some of Tommy’s fan club perhaps?

[spathiphyllum]

Lol

[DarceyK123]

Spath, whilst the cladding Company made a very grave mistake, it was an accident, not deliberate.

These morons made a conscious effort to make this thing and laughed as they saw it burn, im pretty sure the cladding people did not do that.

[naomi24]

I just watched the news and it appears that their crime was not burning the image, but posting a record of it on-line.

[spathiphyllum]

Darcey the government knew the fire issues with the building. Other buildings are still, currently, a massive hazard. There were many warning signs, all of them were ignored. This goes above and beyond the cladding company.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06pv23z

[Rockrose]

Talbot whats 3 people is such a event.

[spathiphyllum]

Well three people more would make a lot of difference, so 3 people less is very important also

[SparklyKid]

Could have been worse, they could have been burning poppies.

[jackthehat]

spath - It's very easy to subscribe to the 'conspiracy-theory' when considering the Grenfell Disaster. It is far closer to '***-up' than conspiracy, although that in itself is precious little comfort to the families of those who died.

SparklyKid - Go and lob your conversational hand-grenades into threads dealing with less sensitive subject-matter.

[jackthehat]

*male hen....

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Rockrose
Talbot whats 3 people is such a event.





Odd thing to say.

[youngmafbog]

Not if you are trying to have a dig at another ABer, which unfortunately is all the OP generally does.