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Posing for a picture with your hijacker

  • 30-03-2016 11:08AM
    #1
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,696 ✭✭✭✭


    What does everyone think of the guy posing with the Egyptian hijacker yesterday?

    Got to say in a time where suicide bombers are now seemingly a regular occurrence posing with a guy who threatened to blow you to kingdom come is a slightly a bit idiotic.
    I'm not PC mad one bit but I would go as far to say its pretty disrespectful to the families of people who have died at the hands of suicide bombers, seen this clown posing with one.

    Sums up for me how utterly **** this social media age is.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,867 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    #bantz


  • #3
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/world/2016/03/30/british-passenger-describes-best-selfie-ever-with-egyptair-hijacker/_jcr_content/par/featured-media/media-0.img.jpg/876/493/1459314079439.jpg?ve=1&tl=1


  • #4
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Meh.

    I was more concerned with people calling it a selfie, tbh,


  • #5
    JackieBauer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭JackieBauer


    It would have been funny if the looney tune "bomber" was smiling too.


  • #6
    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    it might have been obvious to the captives that the guy was pretty harmless and so maybe the photo thing was a positive in reducing the anxiety on board the plane and made disembarking an easier and safer task for everyone.

    I"m reluctant to judge anyones reaction when put in an extreme situation without their consent.


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  • #7
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    TBF it'll make a great profiler.


  • #8
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,696 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    TBF it'll make a great profiler.

    That's the thing, that's why he did to show the lads how great he is and down for the bantz :rolleyes:


  • #9
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    rob316 wrote: »
    That's the thing, that's why he did to show the lads how great he is and down for the bantz :rolleyes:

    That chap is the Archbishop of Banterbury.


  • #10
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    That chap is the Archbishop of Banterbury.
    He's a Bantersaurus Rex.


  • #11
    Flatzie_poo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭Flatzie_poo


    kneemos wrote: »
    http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/world/2016/03/30/british-passenger-describes-best-selfie-ever-with-egyptair-hijacker/_jcr_content/par/featured-media/media-0.img.jpg/876/493/1459314079439.jpg?ve=1&tl=1



    Looking at his size, I thought the bloke in the blue shirt had more explosives on his waist. :D


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  • #12
    Polo_Mint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭Polo_Mint


    I notice the picture is cropped to the top half of his body!

    Heres the Rest


  • #13
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    If the guy was Irish we'd never hear the end of how much of a "legend" he is.


  • #14
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It was a stewardess that took the picture,obviously the whole thing was a farce.


  • #15
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    Better to be taking a picture than mourning a tragedy.

    The 'hijacker' is a bit famous too.


  • #16
    Motivator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,802 ✭✭✭Motivator


    gramar wrote: »

    The 'hijacker' is a bit famous too.

    Eric Bant-ona


  • #17
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    If there's a chance you're about to get blown to bits then you might as well have a laugh for your final few hours.


  • #18
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    rob316 wrote: »
    What does everyone think of the guy posing with the Egyptian hijacker yesterday?

    Got to say in a time where suicide bombers are now seemingly a regular occurrence posing with a guy who threatened to blow you to kingdom come is a slightly a bit idiotic.
    I'm not PC mad one bit but I would go as far to say its pretty disrespectful to the families of people who have died at the hands of suicide bombers, seen this clown posing with one.

    Sums up for me how utterly **** this social media age is.

    get over yourself will you

    how can you make the leap that his actions in one incident is disrespectful to others in an entirely different incident(s) ?? seriously.

    Judging somebody regarding a situation that you weren't in is just thick.

    I think the lad is a legend and fair play to him .


  • #19
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,566 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    I'd imagine that by this time, the few remaining passengers had sussed that the hijacker was a spoofer and they were just killing time (for want of a better phrase)

    What a legend though, this should earn him a few free pints.


  • #20
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,696 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    arayess wrote: »
    get over yourself will you

    how can you make the leap that his actions in one incident is disrespectful to others in an entirely different incident(s) ?? seriously.

    Judging somebody regarding a situation that you weren't in is just thick.

    I think the lad is a legend and fair play to him .

    A legend? Fair enough, you must be about 16 so for this to appeal to you.


  • #21
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    rob316 wrote: »
    A legend? Fair enough, you must be about 16 so for this to appeal to you.

    The guy was by that time quite obviously bluffing and so the guy took a chance, whats the worst that could have happened?

    Your a bit sad if this is the worst thing to have happened to your tiny enclosed view of the world.

    "Oh no teh interwebs are out to gets me with the soshal medja and the twatters"


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  • #22
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    smash wrote: »
    If there's a chance you're about to get blown to bits then you might as well have a laugh for your final few hours.

    In fairness, I'd say they knew at that stage that he had hotdogs strapped around his waist for dynamite and his thumb and forefinger for a gun.


  • #23
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    rob316 wrote: »
    What does everyone think of the guy posing with the Egyptian hijacker yesterday?


    I'm not PC mad one bit but I would go as far to say its pretty disrespectful to the families of people who have died at the hands of suicide bombers, seen this clown posing with one.

    Sums up for me how utterly **** this social media age is.

    Not PC mad me hole. You are as fcuking PC as they come. You have little to be complaining about.

    The guy is a Legend.


  • #24
    conorhal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,096 ✭✭✭conorhal


    catbear wrote: »
    it might have been obvious to the captives that the guy was pretty harmless and so maybe the photo thing was a positive in reducing the anxiety on board the plane and made disembarking an easier and safer task for everyone.

    I"m reluctant to judge anyones reaction when put in an extreme situation without their consent.

    Or perhaps for that behemoth of a guy to floor the weedy little **** and put an end to the whole nonsense? Clearly they guy wasn't holding on to any 'trigger'.


  • #25
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Meh.

    I was more concerned with people calling it a selfie, tbh,

    Agree and it was more like a poor photo bomb.


  • #26
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,365 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    Not PC mad me hole. You are as fcuking PC as they come. You have little to be complaining about.

    The guy is a Legend.


    Now i have that stupid lottery ad with the rabbits stuck in my head.


  • #27
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Im loving the puns!!!


    Still on a serious note, yeah, why not, could calm the situation down.


    *desperately thinking of puns, not wanting to hijack this thread*


  • #28
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Getting stabbed by an attacker.

    Hold on *click* post to Facebook. 'Getting stabbed lol..lots of blood'


  • #29
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Im loving the puns!!!


    Still on a serious note, yeah, why not, could calm the situation down.


    *desperately thinking of puns, not wanting to hijack this thread*

    Can't tell if that was intentional but it if was, well played.


  • #30
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Who wouldn't want a lovely picture of Bant and Dec as their profiler?


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  • #31
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Is he Marvels newest hero? Bant-Man?


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