Dumbest news quote ever?

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 20:28

Arriving at Port Talbot Parkway, passenger Auriel Griffiths from Cimla, Neath Port Talbot, said: "It was a bit of an experience really… thank God the train didn't turn over."

Upon hearing the train she was on killed 2 men and injured another.

Killing 2 men is a bit of an experience really, also wasn't aware trains turning over was a likely outcome!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48854010

Can we throw this Auriel under a train please and maybe spare a railway worker?

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 21:41

Minusorange said:
Surely the following sentence of "it's even worse than 3 hours on the train isn't it ?" (she says it in the video) when she was speaking of the 2 dead is an even more dumb statement ?

Of course getting hit by a train and dying is worse than sitting 3 hours on said murderous train

It's...mind blowing tbh! You're right in that that may well be an even worse statement.

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 23:28

@Nitefly Jesus...BBC news really outdoing themselves with moronic writing today!

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 23:44

FortuitousFluke said:
Implying that not hearing the train was the main cause of the accident, as opposed to the workers being incapacitated, or negligent, or the train driver acting inappropriately for instance. Do people really need the subtext spelling out for them? Learn to read between the lines.

How would the train driver of a high speed passenger train sneak up on 3 men?

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 23:52

FortuitousFluke said:
If the three men were wearing significant ear protection and the driver did not sound the horn in a timely manner? One example for you.

It wouldn't make a difference. That's why you have a spotter.

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 23:52

Firestar_3x said:
Presumably the driver would get out of the train first, perhaps jump out of a hedge?

Boo!

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2019 at 23:58

^^precisely

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2019 at 12:27

String said:
I don't think her words are any more insensitive or "dumb" than yours, TBH. Kill someone because they said something?

Ahhh, good old tampon string. From your logic applied here Hitler wouldn't have deserved capital punishment because he only said some things.

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2019 at 18:47

String said:
@Dis86 nice use of Godwin's there, although I'm not so sure he "only said some things"... I'm pretty sure he did some things, too.

You're pretty sure? Got any sources to back up that he personally 'Did some things'?

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:16

Teh_Next said:
Yeah, let's all hate this woman because she said something.

Well...Yeah. not liking someone because of their opinion is pretty normal.

Would you not dislike someone immensely for saying all (insert offensive term for black people, Asian people, etc.) Should be killed painfully? I know I would!

Might reserve a spot on the tracks next to her for you.

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:34

Teh_Next said:
Sure, make the jump from an innocent harmless (even if a bit silly) woman to some weird association with racial slurring. If you were talking to me I'd happily jump on the track, no need for a reservation.

As you said, it's just saying 'something'. So why get all twisty over it?

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:40

Teh_Next said:
I'm not, you made a thread, I replied, you got upset, almost as upset at some insignificant woman's rather dull quote to the point you got all "twisty" and made a rather silly post to vent your frustration at her. You then made a rather aggressive comment about wanting to throw me on the tracks with the woman who shattered your world with her dull quote and I replied with something in the same vein and you got upset again.
You're doing well.

Aggressive? Dunno what you mean. Just said 'something'.