Helicopter crash involving Leicester City owners

dronefromsector7G said:
It’s sad that threads like this turn to shit.
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I agree. Why can’t some people allow others to express their opinions without such misplaced righteous indignation? My initial comments were that the game should go ahead, and why wouldn’t it. That was it, but even that was too much for some.

Again, I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for the family and friends of all involved in this horrific accident. Having lost friends in aircraft accidents and even terrorism in 9/11, I know it is painful. But I also know that grief is private and the very public nature of all of this does nothing for them, only makes others feel better for themselves for saying something.
 
Bluemoon dan said:
As ridiculous as it sounds from what I've read this was actually incredibly lucky. It seems as though it went down in the staff car park where nobody was as most staff were still working.
Thinking about how busy the general public car parks are half an hour or so after the game at The Etihad it doesn't bare thinking about if it had come down in one of those.
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I've always wondered why some dude was allowed to fly a helicopter out of a football ground & why risk it.

The answer of course being: he's rich & likes to show off.

Glad no fans or staff were injured.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I agree. Why can’t some people allow others to express their opinions without such misplaced righteous indignation? My initial comments were that the game should go ahead, and why wouldn’t it. That was it, but even that was too much for some.

Again, I have nothing but the deepest sympathy for the family and friends of all involved in this horrific accident. Having lost friends in aircraft accidents and even terrorism in 9/11, I know it is painful. But I also know that grief is private and the very public nature of all of this does nothing for them, only makes others feel better for themselves for saying something.
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I think you are being intentionally difficult. Stop it.
 
Bluemoon dan said:
As ridiculous as it sounds from what I've read this was actually incredibly lucky. It seems as though it went down in the staff car park where nobody was as most staff were still working.
Thinking about how busy the general public car parks are half an hour or so after the game at The Etihad it doesn't bare thinking about if it had come down in one of those.
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Waste land next to a car park.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Oh, but it is...NOW MORE THAN EVER!

There are more important things in life, like the health and welfare of one’s children, but people die in accidents every day. Should we not celebrate life and walk around with our heads bowed for the rest of our days? Isn’t every life sacred? What of the faceless names that die every day?

As I said, it is tangential, at best, to the rest of the games, but I expect a show of respect. Do we do the same if Hoddle dies of a widow maker? What about Ferguson? Would we have all had to suspend the League for a weekend if he died? Where does it end? Who is too low down the totem pole of moneyed influencers to get a weekend off football...or anything else, for that matter?

This is getting a bit like the clapping at every fucking game because a supporter died. Hypersensitivity gone mad. Everyone trying to “out sensitive” each other.

I feel very badly for everyone involved in EVERY DEATH that takes place, but, seriously, where does it all end? Grief theatre is becoming the norm and everyone has to have some ridiculous fake outpouring of sentiment for someone they couldn’t give a fuck about until they died, then the waterworks get turned on and everyone has to stop what they are doing and genuflect in the general direction of wherever they died.

There are REAL problems in the world and regular people dying horrific deaths, often at the hands of evil people, and we turn a blind eye every day, or turn the channel so we don’t have to see the pictures, or ignore the news reports because, well, it seems to happen every day and you’re having your tea, right?

A Premier League owner dying in his private helicopter crash on his way back to his palatial home after the match isn’t exactly a mournful experience in my life. Certainly wouldn’t wish it on him or anyone else, and I’m sure his family and friends are devastated, as would yours or mine if it were you or me, but it wasn’t. This is a private matter. When did death suddenly come with a healthy dose of tabloid news and faux public outcry?

Let his family take care of their needs, which I’m sure they are more than capable of, and let the rest of the world show respect by leaving them to it and giving them the time, space and lack of public spectacle that might actually show them the respect we all claim we want for them.
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Nicely put, I agree.
 
Roachy said:
Terrible news, but the timing of the post and who were on board are not related.
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I disagree. Going on a rant about how over sensitive people are and how things shouldn't be affected by peoples tragic deaths, when we don't even know who has died. It's insensitive at best
 
spanishblue said:
This thread really needs a clean a lot of it is embarrassing. Can people not just leave there condolences
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I can see where you're coming from, I really can. But I would leave the posts you're referring to as they are. Let the individual poster(s) stand over their comments. Same with the Hoddle thread. There were some posts on there yesterday that weren't great. But again, it's up to the posters concerned to stand over those comments.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Oh, so he doesn’t know him?

Oh, you mean he has seen him in Telly and now feels some kind of kinship with him? Fuck, he must absolutely be gutted when they do the In Memoriam at the Oscars every year!

This is what I’m talking about. The cult of grief and celebrity meet and we all have to stop what we are doing and shed a tear for people we have no connection to whatsoever?

As I said at the outset, I’m gutted for his family and friends, because I’m sure they are going through a very bad time, but seriously.....
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If you don't like it or don't want to read other people paying their respects then don't read the bloody thread, instead you are tryng to be a smartarse and failing as you just look pathetic.

RIP to anyone who died, it's tragic and at the end of the day we are all footy fans whoever we support.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
Waste land next to a car park.
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it does sounds like bravery by the pilot and trying his best to minimise fatality knowing its going to crash so i hope the pilot gets full honers
but really bad news and lucky if you can call it lucky that many more was not involved straight after a football game R.I.P
 
jimharri said:
I can see where you're coming from, I really can. But I would leave the posts you're referring to as they are. Let the individual poster(s) stand over their comments. Same with the Hoddle thread. There were some posts on there yesterday that weren't great. But again, it's up to the posters concerned to stand over those comments.
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Don't want to go down this road Jim but to me it's a bit tacky any LCFC fans looking in (and there are ) would find some of the arguing a bit disrespectful
 
Neville Kneville said:
Well I meant on the ground, but true.

Swanning around stadia in helicopters should be stopped after this, imo.
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I know it’s off topic a bit, but when your go over Barton bridge them light aircrafts are that close You can see the pilots scratching their bollocks,always thought that was a disaster waiting to happen. When they take off from Barton airfield.
 
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