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[faex42]

Americans who find some of the terms specific to the UK rather puzzling will discover it doesn't take very long to learn what they mean.

 

[15dec]

18 year old boy dies after doctors give him medication he's allergic to.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ng-parents-forced-hire-detective-13977167.amp

 

[Johnnythefox]

Boy, 6, beheaded in front of screaming mum in Saudi Arabia 'for being wrong religion'.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/boy-6-beheaded-front-screaming-13973480

 

[Johnnythefox]

Another death from the tories torture policies.

It could have been so different' - Shaun Talbot committed suicide just days before winning his benefits appeal.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17422957.amp/

 

[JustAboutDone]

Another death from the tories torture policies.

It could have been so different' - Shaun Talbot committed suicide just days before winning his benefits appeal.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17422957.amp/

Ffs when do this repulsive govt actually start taking any personal responsibility for what they have done to people??? Have we got any statistics on how many suicides there have been over these things. They only read statistics they don't give a f about people

 

[Johnnythefox]

Glasgow street cordoned off as woman dies after fall from building.

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news...d-off-as-woman-dies-after-fall-from-building/

 

[15dec]

Rochdale paedophile gang given £1million
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www..../rochdale-child-sex-abuse-gang-legal-aid/amp/

 

[Johnnythefox]

River Clyde body report: Emergency services swarm Broomielaw in Glasgow.
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news...ergency-services-swarm-broomielaw-in-glasgow/

 

[Johnnythefox]

Tiny Michigan town copes with third teen suicide in 8 months.

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/loc...sley-school-district-teen-suicide/2799779002/

 

[BjartNO]

This thread seems a bit distasteful. Is there no unifying feature or thread except for " sickening news stories "?

 

[Johnnythefox]

This thread seems a bit distasteful. Is there no unifying feature or thread except for " sickening news stories "?

Well don't read it then.

 

[JustAboutDone]

I am grateful to @Johnnythefox for finding these stories to post as I wouldn't be able to see them otherwise. A lot of them are highly topical e.g. poor people driven to suicide by benefit cuts and others help either bring my suffering to perspective or allow me to empathise with others.

 

[BjartNO]

Well don't read it then.

I don't, and I won't. I will however exercise my right to the opinion that it's morbid

 

[Johnnythefox]

I don't, and I won't. I will however exercise my right to the opinion that it's morbid

How can you form an opinion if you haven't read it?
This site is hardly comedy central, is it? It's no more morbid than any other content on here.

 

[BjartNO]

Like I said, there is no unifying concept other than that they are shocking and or sickening
I don't mind serious subject matter, however other threads generally seems to have an actual underlying point and a coherent thread to them
I'm not gonna post anymore in this thread, I don't mean to be confrontational, I just find this thread a bit baffling

 

[Johnnythefox]

Like I said, there is no unifying concept other than that they are shocking and or sickening
I don't mind serious subject matter, however other threads generally seems to have an actual underlying point and a coherent thread to them
I'm not gonna post anymore in this thread, I don't mean to be confrontational, I just find this thread a bit baffling

I find life baffling.
Put a request in for it to be removed if it upsets you so much.

 

[leaps]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...injury-baby-monroe-county-daycare/2839158002/

 

[Johnnythefox]

This shit just sums up this city for me.

Norwegian visitor brutally attacked and left covered in blood in Glasgow mugging.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/ne...lt-bath-street-renfrew-street-justgiving/amp/


Man who left pensioner brain damaged after unprovoked attack jailed for three years.
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/man-who-left-pensioner-brain-15835991

 

[WhiteRabbit]

This shit just sums up this city for me.

Norwegian visitor brutally attacked and left covered in blood in Glasgow mugging.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/ne...lt-bath-street-renfrew-street-justgiving/amp/


Man who left pensioner brain damaged after unprovoked attack jailed for three years.
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/man-who-left-pensioner-brain-15835991

OMG, that last one. 3 years seems pretty lenient, is that normal in Scotland?

 

[Chinaski]

OMG, that last one. 3 years seems pretty lenient, is that normal in Scotland?

It's sensationalist local reporting at play here, our local and regional journalism is so short of cash it relies almost exclusively on crime and anti-social behaviour scare stories which are rarely balanced. Reading between the lines here the mitigation would be that it was a single, not particularly powerful blow delivered without intent to cause serious harm, the perpetrator is usually law abiding and non-violent, has lashed out with severe consequences but pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, thus ensuring a discount of one third.

I'm not saying it's pleasant, the guy certainly warrants a custodial sentence, just that the regional news websites in the UK frame their stories in a way which is to provoke astonishment at our supposedly lenient criminal justice system when in reality the opposite is true. When right-wing media groups own newspapers in essentially left-wing localities, where the usual pro-Tory agenda wouldn't gain traction, there is an enthusiasm for tabloid-style, reactionary presentation of law and order stories and such.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

Makes sense, I guess i'm looking at this through a U.S. lens. I think we tend to give out harsher sentences. We have our fair share of sensationalist media too, unfortunately, and we'll lock someone up and throw away the key without a second thought.

 

[Chinaski]

Makes sense, I guess i'm looking at this through a U.S. lens. I think we tend to give out harsher sentences. We have our fair share of sensationalist media too, unfortunately, and we'll lock someone up and throw away the key without a second thought.

We lock more people up, for much longer, than pretty much anywhere else in Europe; our criminal justice system is much closer to the US in that regard than people like to think.

 

[CJM]

Because it's currently summer here, there has been plenty of stories of absolutely idiotic parents leaving kids in the car windows up while they do their thing. Worst one was a lady left her baby in the hot ass car so she can do some bets on the horse racing

 

[Johnnythefox]

Well that's no fucking surprise is it?

Mental health patients at risk of suicide discharged from NHS without adequate support.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-suicide-self-harm-psychiatrist-a8749551.html

 

[Johnnythefox]

I know exactly how this guy feels, it prompted me to attempt hanging and od'ing amongst many other things.

He felt like he had lost everything': Father-of-three, 31, devastated over not seeing his children enough following his marriage breakdown takes his own life after sneaking out of hospital.

He sank into depression about not seeing his kids enough.
Sixty per cent of male suicides can be traced back to relationship breakups.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...tated-marriage-breakdown-commits-suicide.html

 

[faex42]

I know exactly how this guy feels, it prompted me to attempt hanging and od'ing amongst many other things.

He felt like he had lost everything': Father-of-three, 31, devastated over not seeing his children enough following his marriage breakdown takes his own life after sneaking out of hospital.

He sank into depression about not seeing his kids enough.
Sixty per cent of male suicides can be traced back to relationship breakups.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...tated-marriage-breakdown-commits-suicide.html

Thank for the article and your personal disclosure. It's too hard for me to simply respond with the "like' button to the post.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

I know exactly how this guy feels, it prompted me to attempt hanging and od'ing amongst many other things.

He felt like he had lost everything': Father-of-three, 31, devastated over not seeing his children enough following his marriage breakdown takes his own life after sneaking out of hospital.

He sank into depression about not seeing his kids enough.
Sixty per cent of male suicides can be traced back to relationship breakups.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...tated-marriage-breakdown-commits-suicide.html

Sad. It's shame that he was upset about not seeing his children as often, and now he'll never see them again.

Edit: I didn't see that you were in a similar situation @Johnnythefox, I'm so sorry : (

 

[Pulpit2018]

It's sensationalist local reporting at play here, our local and regional journalism is so short of cash it relies almost exclusively on crime and anti-social behaviour scare stories which are rarely balanced. Reading between the lines here the mitigation would be that it was a single, not particularly powerful blow delivered without intent to cause serious harm, the perpetrator is usually law abiding and non-violent, has lashed out with severe consequences but pleaded guilty at the first opportunity, thus ensuring a discount of one third.

I'm not saying it's pleasant, the guy certainly warrants a custodial sentence, just that the regional news websites in the UK frame their stories in a way which is to provoke astonishment at our supposedly lenient criminal justice system when in reality the opposite is true. When right-wing media groups own newspapers in essentially left-wing localities, where the usual pro-Tory agenda wouldn't gain traction, there is an enthusiasm for tabloid-style, reactionary presentation of law and order stories and such.

Chinaski defending a violent criminal ladies and gentlemen!
What a load of bullocks,as you would say.The victim has sustained permanent brain damage,and you brush it off.
Oh yeah,do not forget to blame the right-wing media,because its their fault this is happening!
Get your head out of your ass.
Oh but wait,there was no intent to harm,so all is forgiven...
Maybe Glasgow is a piece of shit,because thugs dont get the justice they deserve.
On top of that,you have people like Chinaski coming up with all sort of excuses and washing off ,of menacing people who have no bussiness being in society!

 

[Johnnythefox]

Chinaski defending a violent criminal ladies and gentlemen!
What a load of bullocks,as you would say.The victim has sustained permanent brain damage,and you brush it off.
Oh yeah,do not forget to blame the right-wing media,because its their fault this is happening!
Get your head out of your ass.
Oh but wait,there was no intent to harm,so all is forgiven...
Maybe Glasgow is a piece of shit,because thugs dont get the justice they deserve.
On top of that,you have people like Chinaski coming up with all sort of excuses and washing off ,of menacing people who have no bussiness being in society!

You've no bothered yer arse posting in this thread before pal, why don't you go and shit elsewhere!

 

[Pulpit2018]

Fuck the Tories.

Can i post now Johnny?