[CharlieO]

Thats disgusting, and people making jokes, I don't even know what to say about that.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

its hard to take a picture in africa and there not be a dead/dying child somewhere in the photo
poor guy obviously didnt realise

It makes you feel so big writing comments like this while behind a computer screen isn't it? I wonder if you're so brave in real life.

[Marc]

My heart sunk a bit looking at that. How horrible

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

It makes you feel so big writing comments like this while behind a computer screen isn't it? I wonder if you're so brave in real life.

get off your soap box
id make this same joke around friends if they showed me this story

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

Im funny, just except it.

lol. Ironic misspelling.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

get off your soap box
id make this same joke around friends if they showed me this story

if your likeminded friends weren't there would thou say it? Friends as a safety net is nice init?

[Marc]

Even if this picture isn't real some comments in here are just unacceptable. You're not funny or clever, you're childish and idiotic

[ILoveTRW]

youre on a ****ing big brother forum
why are you pretending to care

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

youre on a ****ing big brother forum
why are you pretending to care

because once we log off the forum we are human beings with human feelings and compassion...are you not one of us? come to think of it a ufo was spotted earlier this week

[Tom]

Originally Posted by zotler.

That child is a loss to -someone-, you may not care but I do! I think this is horrible.

what if its an orphan?

[Benjamin]

I cannot believe the callousness of some people's comments. That child was still a living being who may have suffered pain and exploitation. There is a time and a place to joke and add in sarcastic comments, this is thread is not that place.

[Cromwell1900]

If a Monkey could post on TIBB this is what he would say

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

Its true! I know its mean but theres 7 billion other people in the world.. and life goes on

Although he would likely not realize the meanness of his comment. 1-0 to Bubbles?

Surely it doesn't take long in life to understand why an Orphans death is important. And how not caring about an Orphans death will ultimately make it more likely to happen closer to home. And that caring ONLY about the people you love is not enough to call yourself a "Decent Human Being"

If you die without getting it then you may just as well of lived your life as a Monkey. Humans have been given a natural gift to be able to think about things that don't directly impact our lives. Society has given us a gift to empathize. Put them together and you hate the idea of what that man appears to be doing. Take them away or split them up and the effect is evident. Please tell me you are only 12 Saph or you are the first Monkey to ever post on TIBB

Linguistically a Fool will get this Quote.

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest."
Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life

In Practice, for a Fool it's too easy to ignore.

[Jords]

Some seriously disturbed people out there.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jords

Some seriously disturbed people out there.

Yes, and in here also.

[Jords]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yes, and in here also.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yes, and in here also.

Originally Posted by Jords

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Cromwell1900

If a Monkey could post on TIBB this is what he would say



Although he would likely not realize the meanness of his comment. 1-0 to Bubbles?

Surely it doesn't take long in life to understand why an Orphans death is important. And how not caring about an Orphans death will ultimately make it more likely to happen closer to home. And that caring ONLY about the people you love is not enough to call yourself a "Decent Human Being"

If you die without getting it then you may just as well of lived your life as a Monkey. Humans have been given a natural gift to be able to think about things that don't directly impact our lives. Society has given us a gift to empathize. Put them together and you hate the idea of what that man appears to be doing. Take them away or split them up and the effect is evident. Please tell me you are only 12 Saph or you are the first Monkey to ever post on TIBB

Linguistically a Fool will get this Quote.

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest."
Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life

In Practice, for a Fool it's too easy to ignore.

No im not, sorry to burst your bubble and if thats how you feel about the situation then thats fine.. my opinion is that I didnt know that child so I feel no compassion or sadness when I see that photo. I cant help it if you (and others) think that im a fool or that im a 12 year old monkey or whatever, but im not gonna act like I care when I dont. Sorry if thats not what you want to hear but im going to discuss how I feel about it on a discussion forum. Just because me and other people dont share the same grief you might, it doesnt make us fools.. and I stand by what I said, death is sad but life goes on and the world keeps spinning.

[Stu]

There is a difference between not feeling grief and what you said. None of us feel huge grief over the death of a single child in Africa. None of us mourn one African child on a personal level. What you said was 'it's not exactly a loss'.

I know you aren't the brains of the operation but even by your standards it was an idiotic and completely uncalled for thing to say. I can't see why you would bother even going there. A child is a child. Lay off for fuck sake.

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

.. my opinion is that I didnt know that child so I feel no compassion or sadness when I see that photo.

nobody cares whether you feel anything.

Your crime was posting an insensitive and offensive remark implying that small boy was worthless. No he certainly was not. He could have grown up to be the most powerful person in his country. Now we'll never know.

[ILoveTRW]

the photo is probably fake anyway
i bet the kid is a family friend or something
i, like the man in this picture, dont see colour

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Stu

What you said was 'it's not exactly a loss'.

Well I apologies to anyone who found that offensive, I can see why because your right, it was idiotic.

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

Well I apologies to anyone who found that offensive, I can see why because your right, it was idiotic.

no it wasnt
i want one reason from all of you why this child was a loss to you?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by ILoveTRW

no it wasnt
i want one reason from all of you why this child was a loss to you?

Because most of us feel like murder is wrong and the death of a child is always a sad thing, whether we know that child or not. Am I really needing to explain this............really?

[Stu]

Stop trying to be controversial for the sake of it because you made a flop joke. It's a pointless thing to put energy into typing on an internet forum. It would be like me going in to a 7/7 thread or the thread about Kerry's dead dog and loudly proclaiming 'none of them matter to me anyway'. I'd be crucified for it and rightly so.

[ILoveTRW]

my joke was hilarious, funniest thing ive ever read on this forum
im not appreciated around here