[Kizzy]

I am shocked to be honest, I would have thought the abuses of position wouldn't have been downplayed to this extent, this if anything is a snapshot of the double standard within 'society'.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I am shocked to be honest, I would have thought the abuses of position wouldn't have been downplayed to this extent, this if anything is a snapshot of the double standard within 'society'.

I know what you mean. It's like that thread on here of the New York attack this week where 8 people were murdered, not even 2 full pages of comments. Compare that to the thread earlier in the year with the Charlottesville one where there was 1 victim, that thread went on for pages with anger.

[Cherie]

I don't think it is being downplayed, there is just very little information to go on Micheal Fallon stood down for touching someone knee and lewd comment apparently? I find that hard to believe when someone who raped a female activist may still be in Westminster and the persons or persons who told her not to report it are probably also there

[Cherie]

Sir Michael Fallon was forced to quit after being accused of making lewd comments to Andrea Leadsom, it has been reported,*
The shamed former Defence Secretary resigned from his post on Wednesday, admitting that his behaviour had “fallen short” in the past.*
The Sun reports he told Leader of the House of Commons Leadsom, who complained of cold hands: “I know where you can put them to warm them up.”*




I know it the Sun, and probably false but if that is the level we are talking here and if a woman can't bat off that kind of comment with ease in any situation I give up

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Alf

I know what you mean. It's like that thread on here of the New York attack this week where 8 people were murdered, not even 2 full pages of comments. Compare that to the thread earlier in the year with the Charlottesville one where there was 1 victim, that thread went on for pages with anger.

Spot on Alf. Notice how there were no responses to that obvious anomaly.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Spot on Alf. Notice how there were no responses to that obvious anomaly.

Probably because everyone actually agrees ISIS are bad?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Probably because everyone actually agrees ISIS are bad?

Terror related threads get fewer and fewer responses because there's nothing to say about it that hasn't been said 20 times already in other threads. The very sad reality is that it's just become very common... And we all know each other's thoughts on it (everyone agrees terrorism is awful, various groups disagree on how to tackle it). There's just nothing to debate or discuss.