@Thepeopleversuswork
Yes - it's not the fact that people are happy and celebrating Watkins' death that is obectionable to me. I totally understand that. Have at it and celebrate the fact that he's gone!
It's the fond view of his murderer as an individual that I am quibbling. Unless IW's murderer is innocent of whatever he was convicted of - which, considering he's murdered a fellow inmate is unlikely to be the case - then the stabber is almost, if not equally, as terrible as Watkins himself.
@CrispsPlease I mean this sincerely - if it came to light that the murderer of Ian Watkins was ALSO a child rapist, would you still feel like calling them 'mate' and saying 'have a drink on me'.
Okay, perhaps you don't really literally mean those words and it's hyperbole coming from being (understandably) celebratory that Ian Watkins is dead. But I don't think it's unreasonable for people to find the wording to be questionable judgement.