To feel more sad for Landeover employees than Andy Murray

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On the day that 000s of redundancies are announced at JLR I can't feel sad for a Millionaire sportsman who has had to retire due to his own body as opposed to someone else making the decision for him.

The new coverage of the two stories has really irritated me.

Does anyone else feel like this?

I am able to feel sad about both.

From what I can gather AM is in a lot of physical pain which may or may not be permanent.

There's been loads of other news too.

YABVU. Two different events. Not comparable. Not either/or. Not reasonable to expect one persons distress to render another’s meaningless. Perfectly legitimate to sympathise with both circumstances. This sort of minimising attitude is so dangerous, and with all the campaigns to bring more understanding to mental health and the like, I am surprised it still seems to be quite common.

There is plenty of reporting on other events if you take a few seconds to make an effort to find it.

Why shouldn't this be reported? If you aren't interested don't read it

Never ceases to amaze me what people find to whinge or be offended by.

Comparing apples with pears and finding the pears wanting for not being apples, mmmmk.

It's not a competition is it? AM is in constant pain and is having to give up a career. To not feel for him because he is rich is frankly odd and shows a lack of empathy.

I agree with PPs that YABU. We can have empathy for both. It isn't a competition here.

Yes, AM has earned a lot of money during his career but he's dedicated his life to tennis from a young age, so it must be devastating to have to quit before his time because his body has let him down. Especially as tennis players seem to peak in their thirties these days.

It's also a big news story because AM has had such a massive impact on tennis in this country. He will be missed (though I'm sure he'll be in the commentary box!).

If it’s a competition then I vote to feel far more sorrow for Andy Murray than the workers in that area who voted for Brexit.

I believe the majority in that region voted that way. Not a shred of sympathy from me as I recall them saying economic problems were a price worth paying. I do however, feel desperately sorry for those who realised you can’t pay your mortgage and buy food with a blue passport and sovereignty.

Do you have to feel more sad about one than the other?
Both are sad events but in completely different ways. They are in no way comparable.

Why is Andy Murray’s unhappiness being weighed against the Landrover workers anyway. Did he vote leave or have shares in Landrover and demand they were sacked?
I’ve got enough compassion to go round for everyone who finds themselves in difficult circumstances.

I never understand why sport is featured on the news at all tbh

Really? You’ve never understood?

OP YABU, most people have the capacity to have sympathy for more than one situation.

Really! I'm not being arsey about it. I just don't see why sport should be in the TV news with all the other, er, actual news.

You can have empathy for more than one person at a time, in different volumes - it’s not a one in one out system.

Really! I'm not being arsey about it. I just don't see why sport should be in the TV news with all the other, er, actual news

Multi-million pound industries interesting millions of people nationally. It pretty much is, er, actual news.

I disagree JacquesHammer. Like the OP I just don't think a sportsman retiring is as nationally significant as a huge car plant laying people off. I feel sorry for both. But one is clearly more nationally significant than the other.

But one is clearly more nationally significant than the other

Which is why one was leading story on the day it happened, and the other was leading story on the day after, when it happened.

I'm not interested in getting into an argument about this with you JacquesHammer you can by all means think you've won this one. I still don't think sport should be a regular slot on TV news programmes though, given equal or higher position as political events or other events that affect daily life.

Half the country had made it v clear they don’t care about job losses. Other things are much more important.

I'm not interested in getting into an argument about this with you JacquesHammer you can by all means think you've won this one. I still don't think sport should be a regular slot on TV news programmes though, given equal or higher position as political events or other events that affect daily life

“I’m not interested in getting into an argument but....” eh?

Hee hee!

It’s not a competition!

Don't be ridiculous

Two completely different things.
The JLR redundancies could have been foreseen for a very long time. They may be the news talk but not surprising.
Brexit also helped things move forward. Bet many JLR employees voted for Brexit to get rid of the pesky cheap foreigners stealing their jobs.

This is his job.life career.this isn't his choice.bu
t still it's not compatible anyway.

If JLR employees could build a reliable car, they'd maybe sell enough to keep the factories productive. I've spent years in the motor trade and a Land Rover's natural environment is indeed off-road. Off the road and in the workshop.

I do not feel aggrieved about the coverage, but understand why the Land Rover story should be viewed as more important. It may be 20 years since I was last made redundant, but I do recall how bad this can be.