Is it ok to feel happy.....

mirwillbeback

....when you read things like this ?



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-12549804

phasers

It's always OK to feel happy.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Yes!

Sykk

Typical ignorance.. People think it's big reason to get upset when a child dies close by. But the tens of thousands of then starving, dying slow and painful deaths in africa are just overlooked.

Yes it's a sad thing to happen, bad things happen all the time. If you get involved every time you read something tragic in the news, you'll start cutting yourself.

chin_grin

I'd be ambivalent at best.

Did I know anyone affected personally? No. Did I think about him every waking moment? No. Did I actually remember him from the article? No.

So.....'meh'.

Duggy747

Yes, it's ok to be happy. You can't feel bad personally about every single awful thing that happens on this planet otherwise you're going to be one miserable person..............or start listening to Emo music :pac:

I'm just happy I live on this side of the world, I'm healthy (well......physically, anyways :P) and I've had very little things happen to me in terms of personal turmoil.

prinz

Genuinely happy? That'd be a bit odd IMO. Don't really care about the child killer's death sums it up better. Chances are whoever killed him wasn't in there for being an angel either.

Hannibal Smith

Sykk wrote: »

Typical ignorance.. People think it's big news when a child dies close by. But the tens of thousands of then starving, dying slow and painful deaths in africa are just overlooked.

Yes it's a sad thing to happen, bad things happen all the time. If you get involved every time you read something tragic in the news, you'll start cutting yourself.

Yeah, no big deal about an 8 year old child being sexually assaulted and strangled to death, don't know why they wasted news column on it:rolleyes:

krudler

Sykk wrote: »

Typical ignorance.. People think it's big reason to get upset when a child dies close by. But the tens of thousands of then starving, dying slow and painful deaths in africa are just overlooked.

Yes it's a sad thing to happen, bad things happen all the time. If you get involved every time you read something tragic in the news, you'll start cutting yourself.

one person dying is a tragedy, thousands are a statistic.

Sykk

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Yeah, no big deal about an 8 year old child being sexually assaulted and strangled to death, don't know why they wasted news column on it:rolleyes:

Ugh...

hondasam

I read the article and I don't feel happy or sad for him. I feel for the families of his victims.

chin_grin

krudler wrote: »

one person dying is a tragedy, thousands are a statistic.

Millions, you're a god.

Badgermonkey

Sad story for all concerned from start to finish.

Maybe his death in prison gives some sense of justice to the victims family.

Doesn't bring the poor kid back though.

These kind of stories leave me somewhat numb, as the coverage always seems a little seedy, even from the broadsheets and I don't wish to delve too deeply into the gruesome aspects of the crime nor the pain the families must endure.

longshanks

chin_grin wrote: »

Millions, you're a god.

Or Austrian

Monty Burnz

longshanks wrote: »

Or Austrian

That quotation was originally attributed to Stalin, so you're in the right ballpark.

sbsquarepants

Fúck him, he got what he deserved, it's nice to see to be perfectly honest. Pity it doesn't happen more often.

prinz

Monty Burnz wrote: »

That quotation was originally attributed to Stalin, so you're in the right ballpark.

Stalin said if you kill millions you're a god? Actually it's more Jean Rostand circa 1939 IIRC..

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

bonerm

mirwillbeback wrote: »

....when you read things like this ?

Nonce sense!

seanybiker

Excellent news. Hopefully it wasn't to quick and he knew he was about to die.

prinz

bonerm wrote: »

Nonce sense!

You've got Nonce sense? The P.F.G. will be after you.

twinQuins

seanybiker wrote: »

Excellent news. Hopefully it wasn't to quick and he knew he was about to die.

So because he's a criminal it's okay to take pleasure in his suffering? I don't know, I just don't think I could handle that kind of cognitive dissonance.

fedor.2.

twinQuins wrote: »

So because he's a criminal it's okay to take pleasure in his suffering? I don't know, I just don't think I could handle that kind of cognitive dissonance.

Its lucky so that some people can handle it, isnt it?. I am not taking pleasure in his suffering, i am however glad that hes dead, but thats just me;)

twinQuins

Don't get me wrong, it's hard to feel pity but it's not like I'm rejoicing over his death.

jackiebaron

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Fúck him, he got what he deserved, it's nice to see to be perfectly honest. Pity it doesn't happen more often.

Would you support the death penalty for murderers?

Pace2008

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

Yeah, no big deal about an 8 year old child being sexually assaulted and strangled to death, don't know why they wasted news column on it:rolleyes:

Don't even consider reading about the acts committed wholesale against children every day of the year by African warlords' writ. Head asplode.

RichieC

Hope he died roaring.

Saermegil

BBC news is getting ****er by the day - that's a terribly written article. As for feeling happy, yes, it's ok, doesn't make you a bad person, just a morally simple one, I guess.

ManofStraw

I would say happy is the right word, just be glad that there is one less child killer in the world

--Kaiser--

I'd like to say two rights don't make a wrong, but considering the "victim's" criminal history....

RichieC wrote: »

Hope he died roaring.

...this is what I actually think

hatrickpatrick

No. Killing another human being is always wrong, no matter who they are or what they've done.

I honestly don't know how anyone who has actually ended someone else's life can possibly live with themselves.