treetree Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, JohnfromUK said: I particularly found 'nasty' the implication that Johnson hadn't really been ill at all or had caught the virus 'on purpose' to get sympathy (quote "you (i) catch the virus, thereby enabling you garner public concern / sympathy, make a heroic recovery and absolve yourself of any As they are my words you have quoted, i can assure you there was no intent of nastiness, nor suggestion of catching it 'on purpose' (though he would probably concede that walking round a covid ward shaking hands was not the best of ideas). There is nothing 'nasty' about this thread, indifference and cynicism perhaps, and neither of those preclude those 'guilty' of that from hoping a mother and her new born baby are in good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I agree I have struggled to see the nastiness referred to, people have different views but to me they seem to have been simply expressed. 10 minutes ago, treetree said: There is nothing 'nasty' about this thread, indifference and cynicism perhaps, and neither of those preclude those 'guilty' of that from hoping a mother and her new born baby are in good health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, treetree said: hoping a mother and her new born baby are in good health. I entirely agree 5 minutes ago, treetree said: though he would probably concede that walking round a covid ward shaking hands was not the best of ideas Agreed, though I guess that may not have been where he got it as several in the cabinet /No 10 /House of Commons went down at around the same time, Nadine Dorres, Matt Hancock, Chris Whitty, Dominic Cummings, and probably various 'officials' not reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, WalkedUp said: agree I have struggled to see the nastiness referred to Perhaps I have used the wrong word, in which case I apologise, but it seemed to me that the comments to which I referred were at the least very unfair and incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Perhaps there is some regional difference as to why people seem offended by the indifference. When visiting her first grandchild, my son, in the maternity ward my mother-in-law’s only words of the day old baby were “Well he does look rather like a skinned rabbit, but no doubt you will grow attached to it”. I took it on the chin with a broad smile. In the north life is a little tougher I guess, we aren’t as soft and sensitive or seemingly gushing over babies. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I can't believe some of the comments in here . "Disgusted" from lincs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, cuffy said: I can't believe some of the comments in here . "Disgusted" from lincs . Which end? Near Grimsby or Peterborough...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuffy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Near louth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Louth is north in my eyes, bang goes the theory 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, cuffy said: Near louth I live near Louth and I agree with you Cuffy. And for the record, I lived most of my life in Hull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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