Female judge and clerk shot dead in court in Belgium (1 Viewer)

[Fred]

Oh, but I get the joke. And in fact, it doesn't bother me at all. I'll be the first one to criticize & laugh at ourselves (unlike many others) for the dumb crap that keeps on happening.

It's just that the way this situation turned out (it not being a Belgian criminal), means that the joke doesn't make any sense.

Mate, it doesn't have to make sense. Even if he was Belgian, would it have made more sense then? I mean what would it have meant? That crimes happen in Belgium just like they happen everywhere else? So what?

Might be yes, but for what you guys know, the judge or the clerck were related to one of the Belgians here, really, I wonder what the reactions here would have been then after the first posts.

Sometimes things that happen aren't ok to make fun about, especially since the fact he wasn't even Belgian wasn't known.

You're right, it is bad taste.

 

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[icemaη]

But things far worse than this were made fun of on these forums. When its closer to home it hurts, doesn't it?

 

[Fred]

But things far worse than this were made fun of on these forums. When its closer to home it hurts, doesn't it?

True.

Ideally, matters where death is involved should never be laughing material.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

But it still happened in Belgium

Actually its much funnier now because the original attempt at the joke backfired

That much is true

That pic is completely dead on for a certain someone

Mate, it doesn't have to make sense. Even if he was Belgian, would it have made more sense then? I mean what would it have meant? That crimes happen in Belgium just like they happen everywhere else? So what?

Fair enough. I figured the joke was about making fun of the Belgians as much as the country itself. Hence me thinking it missed the point here.

 

[Fred]

That much is true




That pic is completely dead on for a certain someone




Fair enough. I figured the joke was about making fun of the Belgians as much as the country itself. Hence me thinking it missed the point here.

Its neither, its making fun of the statement that this would never happen in Belgium

 

[Bjerknes]

Oh, but I get the joke...

... means that the joke doesn't make any sense.

Then you don't get the joke!

Forward all complaints to Seven.

 

[Bjerknes]

Fair enough. I figured the joke was about making fun of the Belgians as much as the country itself. Hence me thinking it missed the point here.

It's mostly about making fun of Seven.

 

[Bjerknes]

That pic is completely dead on for a certain someone

He reminds me of JBF more than anything.

 

[Fred]

It's mostly about making fun of Seven.

Exactly


Thats why these threads didn't pop up, in the last 9 months.

 

[Alen]

As if that doesn't happen in other countries


No, in the US stuff like this happen:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...ony-Hill-shot-dead-body-dragged-10-miles.html

Much better, I agree.

"Black man shot dead..", "White man has been arrested..."

Why can't they simply say "Anthony Hill shot dead" and " Gregory Collins has been arrested"?
As Seven would say, and he'd be right, they're making us read this as if it was an act of a racist, while I see no proof of something like that.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

It's mostly about making fun of Seven.

Then you may proceed

He reminds me of JBF more than anything.

A bit more intelligent though, in all fairness.

 

[Seven]

That is the whole point actually.


Its kind of an inside joke, Seven once made a comment about something that happened in the US and said that that would never happen in Belgium iirc, ever since, anything that ever happens in Belgium gets its own thread, and rest assured that the first few posts would be mocking Belgium with the cliche "this would never happen in Belgium"

Except that what I said has never actually happened in Belgium .

 

[chester]

You're right, it is bad taste.

That was my only point.

But things far worse than this were made fun of on these forums. When its closer to home it hurts, doesn't it?

It doesn't matter to me were it happened, speaking for me personally, I wouldn't make fun of stuff like this, not to joke with another member here, no matter what country it happened in.
IMO, it just isn't something to make fun about.

 

[Bjerknes]

And by the way, this whole matter stemmed from the Minneapolis bridge failure if I recall correctly. But the problem is, it did happen in Belgium, more than once.

http://www.bridgeforum.org/dir/collapse/bridge/1966B2.html

In his hometown none-the-less.

 

[V]

"Black man shot dead..", "White man has been arrested..."

Why can't they simply say "Anthony Hill shot dead" and " Gregory Collins has been arrested"?
As Seven would say, and he'd be right, they're making us read this as if it was an act of a racist, while I see no proof of something like that.

It's South Carolina and fact a black guy was shot and dragged through the streets, really tells me it was racism. Not to mention the pic of the guy, he's probably got KKK tattoed across his chest.

 

[icemaη]

That was my only point.

It doesn't matter to me were it happened, speaking for me personally, I wouldn't make fun of stuff like this, not to joke with another member here, no matter what country it happened in.
IMO, it just isn't something to make fun about.

I do agree with you Chester.

 

[Alen]

It's South Carolina and fact a black guy was shot and dragged through the streets, really tells me it was racism. Not to mention the pic of the guy, he's probably got KKK tattoed across his chest.

No proof.

Although, I bet he does have those tattoos

 

[Fred]

Its fair to assume that it was racially motivated though. I mean, dragging his body 10 miles after he was dead? Sounds like a hate crime to me.

 

[V]

No proof.

Although, I bet he does have those tattoos

Since when newspapers need proof?

 

[Bjerknes]

Or sounds like Anna Nicole Smith on her journey from Jersey to Kansas on I-80.

Or Todd and Timmy (sort of).