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There's six pages of discussion over her comments on here, the thread has hardly been completely wiped clean. Is the discussion on these pages not adequate or is it only considered real debate when we have arguments and offensive comments flying everywhere
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I did ask for it to be reopened as it had in my absence descended into the usual off topic rants.
I didn't ask for it to be removed of all opinion that countered my own, which appears to be what's happened, I do want it to be left open thanks. |
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Back on topic now please. |
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What about the rest of us forum members who take time and trouble to post? The discussion on this thread did not follow in a smooth chronological sequence - as it rarely does on any thread - so the gist of the discussion has not been severely impaired by editing, and what is more, the editing has left a fair balance of posts from both sides of the argument so what possible reason would there be to delete ALL the thread? Yours Faithfully, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. |
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But I do think the editing's been fairly carried out - Who did it Josy? :joker: |
A petition calling for the sacking of a newspaper columnist for comments she made about migrants crossing the Mediterranean has attracted about 250,000 signatures - but one calling for a rescue mission has attracted less support.
Katie Hopkins' screed against migrants - in an article in the 17 April edition of The Sun she called them "cockroaches" and advocated using gunships to stop people crossing the Mediterranean - has earned her a quarter of a million detractors calling for her to be sacked on petition site Change.org. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32395272 A campaign calling for a rescue mission for migrants crossing the Mediterranean has eclipsed the push to oust newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins on a popular online petition site. On Tuesday, Trending reported on the petition calling for The Sun newspaper to sack columnist Katie Hopkins for her comments about migrants. More than 250,000 people had put their names to that cause, and we noted that another petition - this one calling for an emergency EU mission to the Mediterranean - was only receiving a fraction of the support. The tables have now turned. Tareke Brahne's call to "Stop the deaths at sea now!" eclipsed the anti-Hopkins petition early Wednesday UK time and had more than 280,000 supporters as of writing. Brahne, a migrant from Eritrea now living in Italy, is caling on the European Union to "restore a robust operation of search and rescue at sea." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32414321 The tables are turning.... |
"The tables are turning."
I am sure her team are aware of all this see how far it goes? |
Seriously you all need to give it a rest. I'm sick to my back teeth seeing you all try to get one up on each other. Children aren't this bad. Take this as a final warning. Bans are next.
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But your casual tea drinking smilie has completely countered the effect. I should have foreseen this :fist: |
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Two hundred black body bags were lined up on Brighton beach by campaigners highlighting Britain’s “shameful” response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.
Amnesty supporters zipped themselves into some of the body bags alongside a banner displaying the hashtag #DontLetThemDrown. A campaigner then laid a wreath in the middle of the mass of bodies as they lay sprawled on the beach in front of the Brighton Wheel. The stunt was staged as European leaders come under mounting pressure to agree a plan to stem the rising number of migrants killed trying to reach Europe for a better life. Amnesty’s UK director, Kate Allen, said: “Until now, the British government’s response has been shameful but finally foreign ministers seem to be waking up to the need to act. EU governments must now urgently turn their rhetoric into action to stop more people drowning on their way to Europe.” http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...migrant-crisis |
I think there is a petition now for KH to keep her job and be allowed her freedom of speech.
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Although I actually thought the original point where it closed was quite unfair... I actually considered PMing to say as much being honest. I have no problem calling people out with what I think of their opinions, but not if they don't have the opportunity to reply at all... that just sux. In other words, in my opinion, the thread should either have stayed open in the first place OR it should have been cropped right back to the first page. But then, I'm not a mod... just a big fat thread derailerer :laugh: |
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Whether or not her opinions should be featured in a mainstream publication with massive readership and influence isn't a freedom of speech issue at all. |
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Originally Posted by Kizzy View Post I don't agree, due to the sterilisation of the thread there's no point discussing it further and any examples have gone. So draw a line under it I want the thread to remain open thank you. JINX!!! no comebacks!! |
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