People Dying and After Hours threads.

inmyday

Id like to hear what everyone thinks about the way threads of dead people go.

Ive noticed over the last few years, that Celebs are off limits to slag. It has to be RIP. Many got bans when they slag and make gags against the celeb.


If it is an irish person, then its all RIP and Condolences to the family.
Heres an example, the joker got his/her post deleted, so obviously no joking allowed. Post #19 actually makes reference to what Im talking about.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056771939


But the way some people laugh at people dying in foreign country. And slag the dead person. Make puns, and basically its a big joke.
Heres an recent example:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80944014

I posted in this thread as I was angry and confused about the reaction to someone dying a horrible death. But I noticed that a mod was post number 4, and didnt mind post # 2,5,6,7, they were all allowed, and not deleted. No bans or nothing. Not saying the mod was wrong, maybe they dont deserve a ban. But I feel they should get banned for these kind of posts.

Youssef Chippo

RIP

frozenfrozen

I don't see the point of saying "RIP" on a discussion board when talking about the death of a celebrity...

Chuck Stone

What do you call 5 dead celebs at the bottom of a well?

A good start

admiralofthefleet

it wasnt like that back in my day

humbert

I think people should be allowed to say what they like as long as it is not libellous or harmful.

Youssef Chippo

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it wasnt like back in my day

Fail!

My name is URL

I try not to post in those threads, but if a rule is going to be applied to threads about people of one nationality then it should be applied to all. It's extremely hypocritical to allow jokes in one thread while getting all righteous and morally outraged about someone making a joke in another.

J. Marston

Far away from Ireland + unusual death = thanks whoring puns.

Close to home + sad circumstances = RIP posts.

IsThisIt???

I understand the no joking thing if it's an Irish person, that's close to home and there's a very real possibility that people on this will be personally affected. I don't think the same should apply to celeb deaths. Nobody on here is related to Whitney Houston or "friends" with Michael Jackson so have at it.

Madam_X

It's a difficult call to make - I don't generally like jokes about death/tragedy but I don't see any point in starting threads about them either if it's just to talk about how terrible it was. Doesn't seem much scope there for discussion IMO.

humanji

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=82