[Closed] Dundee parents of seven to get their own Zoo enclosure

Call me thick, but how does the subject relate to the story? ❓

hora - Member

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Point?
Stare?
Media circus?

The local authority said any decision to remove children from their family would not be made solely on the basis of a their weight.

Sounds like more to the story than the papers are reporting.

Point?
Stare?
Media circus?

"[i]the couple, who cannot be named to protect the identity of their children.[/i]"

So there won't be much "pointing" and "staring" going on.

And what "media circus"..........you posting the story on a cycling forum ?

Personally, I'd rather point and stare at you ..........you daft plonka

Kids arent taken into care without a bloody good reason - look at the amount of 'why didnt the social workers do anything' stories bandied about by the press - this is just another branch on the same tree, and you'd have to be extremely naive to assume they'd been removed from the parents just because of their weight. Makes an interesting headline though doesnt it?

SFB & TJ will be along shortly

barnsleymitch - Member
Kids arent taken into care without a bloody good reason - look at the amount of 'why didnt the social workers do anything' stories bandied about by the press - this is just another branch on the same tree, and you'd have to be extremely naive to assume they'd been removed from the parents just because of their weight. Makes an interesting headline though doesnt it?

Bob on!

Saw this on the telly news last night, there is no way a social worker takes away 7 kids because of a weight issue, the lack of comment from social services suggests they have far bigger issues with the family and are legally bound to keep these things private and out of the press. There’s probably a court action brewing…

Still makes good copy for the Sun and the Mail doesn’t it, “Thick Chavs, Have kids stolen by the State!” alongside their complaints about the UK’s most obese man getting a Gastric bypass on the NHS…

The tabloid culture of lack of understanding and compassion is a dark one in my view, but it seems to be gaining momentum again…

The express dont do badly on this sort of thing either, although they have had a tendency to be critical of social workers for removing kids from families too quickly, and have also run 'stories' accusing adoptive parents of being 'baby snatchers'. Cockmonkeys, the lot of 'em.

From twitter;

First publicity still from Ken Loach's remake of The Magnificent Seven

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wwaswas - is the daughter a keen road cyclist? Loving the rounded-shoulder-look of bad posture. Maybe the kids were removed due to bad posture and ill-fitting leggings?

High brow, Pick on the “under-classes” Clever…

Of course while you derive fun from it, and various scummy papers bolster sales, a family all be it a poor one with undisclosed issues are looking at their children going into care, generally speaking the outcome for the children is not likely to be a “positive” one…

Still at least crass arseholes on a cycling forum can have a chortle at their expense, so it’s not all bad is it…

cookeaa, I dont know whats worse Paedophiles, Fraudsters or the hand-wringing liberal-attitudists.

We take a news story- and pass scorn from both angles without knowing any of the story. If you take the viewpoint that someone is wrong in this story- you'd be putting your money on the Mother and Father though- not us nay-sayers who sit behind out keyboards casting scorn huh.

"I dont know whats worse Paedophiles, Fraudsters or the hand-wringing liberal-attitudists."

I'd think it was probably quite an easy judgement to make?

Who causes the most damage collectively?

"Who causes the most damage collectively?"

Humans?

Penguins? The pitter-patter of thousands of feet worn down the Polar ice caps? 😯

hora - Member
cookeaa, I dont know whats worse Paedophiles, Fraudsters or the hand-wringing liberal-attitudists.

We take a news story- and pass scorn from both angles without knowing any of the story. If you take the viewpoint that someone is wrong in this story- you'd be putting your money on the Mother and Father though- not us nay-sayers who sit behind out keyboards casting scorn huh.

Oh I see so what your saying;
is it's perfectly acceptable to take the piss out of a essentially quite sad situation you know next to nothing about, because it’s in the papers, and coincides with your own middleclass prejudices...

I didn’t say anyone was right or wrong, The Parents or local Authorities, seeing as unlike your good self I’m not judge, jury and executioner for the Under-classes.
It’s hardly high comedy is it, you are quite literally pointing at, and mocking the poor, Very big…

Yes I’ll admit I’m probably on a slightly oversized high-horse today, but you’ve responded to this story in just the way the Sun and Mail readership would, Crass, thoughtless and insensitive, did you start ripping the piss out of Tsunami victims?

How would you feel if the papers started on blokes whose closest friend appears to be a small canine?

You’re not “passing scorn” you’re behaving like a Childish prick, it’s only funny because it’s happening to someone else…

but you’ve responded to this story in just the way the Sun and Mail readership would, Crass, thoughtless and insensitive

It was actually an ironic title.

[i]I dont know whats worse Paedophiles, Fraudsters or the hand-wringing liberal-attitudists. [/i]

Hora, you are a genius. You selflessly bring us all so much happiness by baring the contents of your brain on these pages every day. 🙂

I do try. The fatties couldnt be paedo's though. Unless they imagine their kids look like pies?

(ducks)

Hora, you are a genius. You selflessly bring us all so much happiness.......

I couldn't agree more LOL ! ....... I can't stop chuckling 😀

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"[i]I dont know whats worse Paedophiles, Fraudsters or the hand-wringing liberal-attitudists. [/i]"

An absolute classic !

LOL !