Hey someone been murdered. Let's all talkabout it here

[GordianKnot]

Ok?
Who do you think did it? Bearing in mind what you saw on the news?

It's weird but I actually find this far more distasteful than the other two threads...well, much of them.

There were some horrid bits, but at least people weren't blatantly sending up the whole situation. there was some respectfulness involved.

This is just - I don't know what it is, but it's beyond unpleasant. It's conscious mocking, not just accidentally coming across as overinterested.

imo of course...as you were. each to their own, etc etc. But if you can criticise the other threads then come up with this...? Gordian?

So feenie, does your comb over look like this or more like this?

here's a whole article on the "art of the combover"

what do you experts all reckon to <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.63255773.jpg&imgrefurl=www.etsy.com/view_listing.php%3Flisting_id%3D22817385&usg=___XSb_VyKfSpDU1XdXLSpVCLj6BI=&h=2906&w=2185&sz=274&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=m8QRtP59tPPB_M:&tbnh=156&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpatons%2Bknitting%2Bpatterns%2Bvintage%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1R2RNWN_en%26biw%3D1436%26bih%3D705%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=281&ei=L7scTcy0Gs25hAelmeG3Dg&oei=L7scTcy0Gs25hAelmeG3Dg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=66&ty=86" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this?

the one with the zipper looks nice and contemporary, I find, but I think I'm favouring the yellow with a v at the mo

oh, Abs!

screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam!

...I didn't even dare click on the last one

Oh first one, deffo, Abs.

You must find Cluedo incredibly offensive then, FA.

On the contrary. We've been playing it daily here, I'm teaching my son.

Do carry on being distasteful over here then an I'll carry on being distasteful over on the other thread.

That way we can all be happy, n'est-ce pas?

Do you know what flight?
My son is exactly the person who will be the target of every 'well he just looked a bit weird and I knew there was something shifty about him' wankers.

And I really need to laugh at their self indulgent, callous stupidity or I would cry.

If you find that more distasteful than the gleeful raking through every morsel that sky news can spew forth then I am happy to be in a different place from you.

Okay. So be it, and I'm sorry about your son.
I've always been teased for being a freak...I don't know your story, but I am sorry.

Clearly judging the man by his appearance is ridiculous, and something I haven't partaken in but this thread title does disturb me.

As do some of the posts on the other threads.

Me too, pagwatch.

You carry on too, FA - only one of us is getting their ludicrous comments about real people deleted though.

Awful thread title no matter angle you are coming from.This should be removed

'My son is exactly the person who will be the target of every 'well he just looked a bit weird and I knew there was something shifty about him' wankers.

And I really need to laugh at their self indulgent, callous stupidity or I would cry.'

Sometimes crying just doesn't quite do it for me.

Feenie, I didn't see your comments that were deleted so I can't comment. The one I had deleted was regarding a link to another case - I hadn't imagined it would need deletion as it reflected media speculation, and didn't accuse.

But fair enough.

I'll leave you to it.

That's patently untrue.

The media speculation linked the case, not a person. Very different.

My deleted post was a one line post. It said 'If it was him, he would have been old enough to be connected to the other case in [year]'.

that was what it said and I said as much in a different post that was not deleted.

I don't consider that to be worthy of your 'stupid' comment. Or even the naive one.

But I don't understand libel law so fair enough if they saw fit.

I'm certain you had more than one post deleted.

and I did not name him.

Your post did not say 'if', FA. All the ones with 'if' have not been deleted.

"I did not name him"
No, but you posted it on a thread talking about the ll, and in answer to posts regarding the ll, and were very clearly referring to the ll. Again, that's why it was deleted.

"I'm certain you had more than one post deleted."
Bollocks. Find them if you are so certain - that's libellous!

It did say 'if', do you have a copy of the thread before it was deleted? I know what I wrote.

So do I. All the other ones that were careful enough to say 'if' were not deleted. I know because I was one of the ones to report it. Ask MN.

You're right, it is bollocks - that must have been the other thread, I think. Sorry.

But I stand by my own deleted post memory. iyswim

flight I'm with you on this one-the title is awful and the content worse.
I use mumsnet to 'catch up' with whats happening 'back home' and frankly I am appalled at the way this has become a 'game' to some of you.
A young woman died.Horribly.
Her family will at some point look her name up.
cos you do.And they will see threads like this.
If it was you how would upu feel.
Imagine your child ,cold ,dead and in a mortuary and you will never hear their voice again.you will never cuddle them again.go on imagine.
now post another silly comment or 'theory'

I doubt MN will have a record of it.

I'm fairly sure I said what I just wrote. If I didn't exactly, it was extremely similar.

I may have said just the last bit - 'he would have been old enough etc etc'

but I don't understand how that differs so importantly from the version with the 'if', tbh.

It's a statement regarding someone's age in relation to another case. It doesn't implicate him. It does nothing more than the statement containing the 'if'.

But I am fairly sure I said 'if'.

Imagine your child as an adult, condemmned and dammed by a selection of prejudiced women who can tell he's evil just by looking at him.
Because he looks odd, has weird hair, appears strange and doesn't respond in a way that society considers appropriate.
Yes, I do think of my son beaten to death on a slab, and my Goth daughter. Not often mind, because I try to retain a sense of perspective.
Otherwise I'd be too scared to let them out to live their lives.
If the landlord is guilty, let his conviction be based on hard evidence, not on appearance.