Ian Watkins Dead

[Americano75]

Gosh, how sad. (100% sarcastic)

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ian-watkins-dead-lostprophets-paedophile-36052854

I don't condone violence usually but just occasionally I think 'good'.

Why is it sad? He attempted to rape a baby, that’s what’s sad. He was a marked man in prison.

I can't believe there are still people who are willing to minimize.

For the love of God, even if you genuinely felt I was gutted at the death of one of the worst paedophiles in living memory you could read the whole thread and see me state, repeatedly, that I was - yes! - being sarcastic.

Good lord.

Glad he's gone.

That's harrowing. 😱

Good. I felt sorry for his band mates as they will never get royalties because of what that depraved man did. No radio station will play their music.

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

We don’t have a death penalty in this country and, being imprisoned in the same unit as Watkins, I’ve no doubt that his murderer is no better or worse a criminal than he was.

The fucking irony of thanking some lowlife who costs the taxpayers money by being in jail for saving the taxpayer money. Thanking him for costing the taxpayer yet another fucking shitload of money with investigations and coroners courts and inquests.

The fucking irony of thanking some violent offender, possibly another rapist, of committing yet another horrific, bloody offence, traumatic for all those who witnessed and had to deal with it and then saying “my thoughts are with the officers”.

Have a word 🙄

Thank you. At least there is one voice of reason amongst the joy here. Horrific as his crimes were, I cannot get on board with the idea of mob justice.

Exactly the people he would have been put with won't be in for shop lifting.

I feel so sorry for the people who now have to do all the paperwork associated with this

Somehow I’m sure they’ll cope though

Good, hope prisoners close ranks and don’t get more time- thank you for your service prisoners.

I hope he saw it coming, I hope he was afraid, hope he felt the life drain out of him.

Maybe you’re just not as witty as you thought OP? Yes, most of us got that it was probably sarcasm, but it’s apparent many didn’t. So you weren’t clear. Why spend all evening giving it “good lord” instead of just realising your post wasn’t clear to everyone 🤷🏽‍♀️

Intellectually, its wrong, and a system failure.

But the emotional response is really very understandable.

Maybe now they could re-record though, now he has no claim or gain.

Honestly, I'm no great wit. And I'm not the smartest but I like to think I can work out sarcasm when I see it, especially in this context. For fuck's sake.

Mistakes happen, you made an error of judgement and that's ok. Let's move on and learn for next time

It was clearly sarcasm OP.

You’ll be out clapping on the doorstep for them in a minute. “Service” indeed.

How do you expect they will “close ranks” and not get more time? They know who committed this particular murder. Do you think we will just not bother to prosecute him cause “thank you for your service” 😆

I would be for capital punishment if it wasn't for the fact that there are miscarriages of justice, and an innocent person may be killed.

Watkins was someone who certainly deserved it.

(ETA - for certain crimes like this one)

I made an error of judgement? Sure.

I'm hoping they might have passed on.

If they haven't, I do feel sorry for them.

He didn’t have any “claim or gain” a week ago, nothing has changed in that respect.