Jay Slaters mum asking for more donations

That was a bad choice of phrase on my part- apologies!
What I meant was she didn't have to do any work for the money.
Of course I'm not trying to suggest that losing a child isn't an awful and terrible thing for any parent.

I mean it's not a binary choice

I didn't.

In any case, it's still infinitely better to be a mug than to be a cunt to a grieving parent.

I've lost a child.

I don't judge how other people get through it.

I know people who have lost children sadly. None of them asked for money. Some of them have asked for donations to charities which are close to their heart though...which is far less vulgar.

I think you meant to say "I hope his family know there are more mugs out there"

Nice and easy?!

Yes, she only had a lose a son. So easy.

What a cunty thing to think, let alone type and post.

Nope, I'd never troll a grieving parent, knowing what that's like myself.

Just hoping to try and offset the vile trolls a little bit.

Still not sure why it bothers you so much.

I didn't take my donation out of your bank account.

I blame the whole 'be kind' movement for a lot of this nonsense....

Should be renamed be a mug and don't use critical thinking skills.

Then again if you've never had much in the way of money would you be able to resist the opportunity to get a hundred grand or more in your bank account nice and easy like that??

See you can't actually answer the question.

Is it troll them or send money...are these the only two options?

It does appear that this very unfortunate young man had no morals and no boundaries, presumably this is at least in part due to his up bringing and parenting.
"Man hands on misery to man, it deepens like a coastal shelf", etc

It's actually all the spiteful comments and trolling that has inspired me to donate.

I hope it helps them know that not everyone is a cunt.

Unless you know them personally, it's a bit odd. And you can feel sympathy...I mean I do, the death of someone's child is horrible. I still don't understand why they need more money and why they think it's ok to ask random people for it?

I know loads of people who have died...has never occurred to me to hand over cash to their relatives . Offer my sympathy, send a card, maybe make them a meal....but just hand over money. Er no.

Maybe people are just trying to be kind and supportive at an absolutely horrific time.

I don't know why it bothers you so much.

The British public must be utter mugs....still I thought that during the captain tom nonsense....

Who knows how much all the other costs will come too.

If they have some left over and use it for a memorial or something else entirely, that's fine by me.

I know what it's like to lose a child and I can't imagine how much worse it must be making it to have all the trolls and vile comments.

Yes but a message of sympathy shows that you care? What do you think they need the money for? They seem to have plenty for a funeral...

While I do think the GFM seems to have reached a donation amount that should be sufficient and the insurance would help towards repatriation, I think the onus is on the public to decide if they wish to donate or not.

I personally will not be donating.

You're entitled to your own opinion.

A lot of people like to help out where they can to feel like they're making a small difference to people in horrific situations.

It's ok if you don't want to, but no need to insult people who do. It's no skin off your nose surely?

Since the stories arose pertaining to his involvement in machete attacks and thefts I do feel a little uncomfortable with this and think his mother should perhaps give the grifting a bit of a rest now.

We had this at my DC's school when a parent died ..a gofundme set up. So weird. When me mum died in the 1990s, it wouldn't have ever occurred to my father to expect money from anyone. He just carried on working and paying for his own shit. Such a symptom of our entitled society.

No one's saying you need to donate.

I hope my small donation will go someway to letting them know people care about them and to help them ignore the spiteful cunts making horrible comments about them and about their son.

You can feel sorry for someone without having to hand over money