Sir Fred Goodwin's Home Attacked

Boring. A century ago we would have happily formed an angry mob and murdered him and his family + a bunch of other rich people for good measure, our society has gone down the pan.
 
Spektor said:
Boring. A century ago we would have happily formed an angry mob and murdered him and his family + a bunch of other rich people for good measure, our society has gone down the pan.
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Don’t forget to add a few criminals and people we just don’t like to the list, oh and my neighbours new car.
 
KNiVES said:
Please take a while think about who is actually going to pay for the repairs. Yes that's right, us. Normally I'd say 'this is wrong', but I'm finding it incredibly hard to dissent on this one.
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Surely it's his house insurance that'll pay for these repairs?

And the next ones.... and the next....

Cant say as I have any sympathy myself.
 
KNiVES said:
Please take a while think about who is actually going to pay for the repairs. Yes that's right, us. Normally I'd say 'this is wrong', but I'm finding it incredibly hard to dissent on this one.
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Pray tell a) What Fred Goodwin has done wrong? b) Is damaging anyones public property right? c) What have is wife and children done wrong?

It all goes to show the mob mentality of the public - remember the paedophile mobs, the mobs of people shouting for Russell Brand and Johnathan Rosses head, the mobs of people clamouring for the news on what Jade Goody ate for breakfast. The 'public' are so idiotic!
 
KNiVES said:
Please take a while think about who is actually going to pay for the repairs. Yes that's right, us. Normally I'd say 'this is wrong', but I'm finding it incredibly hard to dissent on this one.
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so because you think that we will pay for the damage (not true anyway, the insurance will) that its ok to go around and damage someone eleses property
 
Christo said:
Pray tell a) What Fred Goodwin has done wrong? b) Is damaging anyones public property right? c) What have is wife and children done wrong?
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a) Brought a private owned bank to the brink of collapse, costing each and every tax payer in this country, yourself included, a sizeable sum of money. Some of which is paying his obscene pension.

b) Its his private property. And no, I agree it isnt, but it happens. I'm sure Tsar Nicholas would have preferred to have had his cars torched.

c) Not persuaded him to make a "grand gesture" and humble himself in the eyes of todays "mob mentality" media and get Fred to agree to have a lesser pension. I doubt he'll ever be worried about whether to buy Tesco value baked beans in the near future.
 
Christo said:
Pray tell a) What Fred Goodwin has done wrong? b) Is damaging anyones public property right? c) What have is wife and children done wrong?

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The 'public' are so idiotic!
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Very true.

From where I sit (too tired to stand:p) it looks like he's been made a scapegoat by the Government and media, because he's shock horror getting a pension deal that his contract called for, a contract that the shareholders and government were more than happy with when it was negotiated, and that the government knew about when they took over the bank.

I believe he actually gave up some of the things his contract legally entitled him to prior to his retirement in return for the rest of the package being honoured, which isn't something we've heard much about...

Not to mention whilst the mindless mob is busy going after him, the government can look better by calling for contracts/the law to be ignored in his case, whilst at the same time it keeps the papers from looking too closely at how they've mishandled the whole situation.
 
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