Just heard some sad news

[Always Ali]

Puts it all in perspective really, no one should live and then die!

 

[BimboBob]

A man in Swaziland has just died today. Don't know how, and never knew him, but R.I.P.

Now, I'm off on my merry way to discuss my favourite muffin or barmcake.

Swaziland you say? I didn't meet anyone in Swaziland when i didn't visit there in the 80's. Or it could have been the 90's. Obviously my heart or liver goes out to the family.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

City fans offering their condolencies and sympathy to the families of people who have died. So what if we don't know them, what if they are fans of another club or not even posters on the Bluemoon forum?

If you don't agree with the RIP threads don't read them - it's pretty obvious what they're going to about. Is there really any need to take the piss out of threads offering sympathy to familes of people who have died.

I though JMA's post in the thread about the Spurs fan was in poor taste - this really is an all time low - mocking people who are simply offering a kind word. You might think that there's no place for threads about non City or famous people who have died, but surely you can keep that to yourself considering the sensitive subject. Slag off tthe Neville posts, the Dzeko threads and the smoking stories but the RIP ones?

Yes mocking people who are alive really is an all time bluemoon low

 

[stonerblue]

All over facebook now
What a comfort it must be for the friends and relatives to see complete strangers talking about their loved ones as if they knew them.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I'm welling up just reading this.

My thoughts are with everyone, in the world, today, on this very day.

Gone but not forgotten[/quote]

Still, better than forgotten and not gone....

 

[daveduke67]

City fans offering their condolencies and sympathy to the families of people who have died. So what if we don't know them, what if they are fans of another club or not even posters on the Bluemoon forum?

If you don't agree with the RIP threads don't read them - it's pretty obvious what they're going to about. Is there really any need to take the piss out of threads offering sympathy to familes of people who have died.

I though JMA's post in the thread about the Spurs fan was in poor taste - this really is an all time low - mocking people who are simply offering a kind word. You might think that there's no place for threads about non City or famous people who have died, but surely you can keep that to yourself considering the sensitive subject. Slag off tthe Neville posts, the Dzeko threads and the smoking stories but the RIP ones?

Yes mocking people who are alive really is an all time bluemoon low

I just think that taking the piss out of people who are offering condolences to a bereaved family isn't in particularly good taste. Isn't this post a parody of the RIP threads?

It may be that someone points one of the old guys family to the RIP thread and, seeing that some fans have put their footballing differences to one side and offered their sympathy, may just help a little - knowing that people who had more than likely never met either the family or the old fella have taken time to offer sympathy might just make them feel a tiny bit better knowing that there are still some decent people about.

There's a few members who have posted the news of their losses and have been very appreciative of their fellow Blues comments. Why can't that gesture be extended to people from other clubs? It doesn't do any harm and if people don't want to add their comments they don't have to. What's wrong with showing other clubs fans that despite our different alliegences we know where to draw the line and forget those for a moment whilst we offer sympathies over something far more important than any football issues. Or am I wrong - should there be a 'if you or yours are not City we don't give a fuck' attitude to things like this?

That's just my opinion and, as I've always said everyone is entitled to theirs too. I don't want to start falling out with anyone just because they don't agree with what I think.

 

[Patientman63]

City fans offering their condolencies and sympathy to the families of people who have died. So what if we don't know them, what if they are fans of another club or not even posters on the Bluemoon forum?

If you don't agree with the RIP threads don't read them - it's pretty obvious what they're going to about. Is there really any need to take the piss out of threads offering sympathy to familes of people who have died.

I though JMA's post in the thread about the Spurs fan was in poor taste - this really is an all time low - mocking people who are simply offering a kind word. You might think that there's no place for threads about non City or famous people who have died, but surely you can keep that to yourself considering the sensitive subject. Slag off tthe Neville posts, the Dzeko threads and the smoking stories but the RIP ones?

Yes mocking people who are alive really is an all time bluemoon low

I just think that taking the piss out of people who are offering condolences to a bereaved family isn't in particularly good taste. Isn't this post a parody of the RIP threads?

It may be that someone points one of the old guys family to the RIP thread and, seeing that some fans have put their footballing differences to one side and offered their sympathy, may just help a little - knowing that people who had more than likely never met either the family or the old fella have taken time to offer sympathy might just make them feel a tiny bit better knowing that there are still some decent people about.

There's a few members who have posted the news of their losses and have been very appreciative of their fellow Blues comments. Why can't that gesture be extended to people from other clubs? It doesn't do any harm and if people don't want to add their comments they don't have to. What's wrong with showing other clubs fans that despite our different alliegences we know where to draw the line and forget those for a moment whilst we offer sympathies over something far more important than any football issues. Or am I wrong - should there be a 'if you or yours are not City we don't give a fuck' attitude to things like this?

That's just my opinion and, as I've always said everyone is entitled to theirs too. I don't want to start falling out with anyone just because they don't agree with what I think.

For the most part i agree with you, but that last bit! jeez, just latch onto any Maggie Thatcher / Union / Political bias thread, its a full on cage fight...

 

[daveduke67]

Yes mocking people who are alive really is an all time bluemoon low

I just think that taking the piss out of people who are offering condolences to a bereaved family isn't in particularly good taste. Isn't this post a parody of the RIP threads?

It may be that someone points one of the old guys family to the RIP thread and, seeing that some fans have put their footballing differences to one side and offered their sympathy, may just help a little - knowing that people who had more than likely never met either the family or the old fella have taken time to offer sympathy might just make them feel a tiny bit better knowing that there are still some decent people about.

There's a few members who have posted the news of their losses and have been very appreciative of their fellow Blues comments. Why can't that gesture be extended to people from other clubs? It doesn't do any harm and if people don't want to add their comments they don't have to. What's wrong with showing other clubs fans that despite our different alliegences we know where to draw the line and forget those for a moment whilst we offer sympathies over something far more important than any football issues. Or am I wrong - should there be a 'if you or yours are not City we don't give a fuck' attitude to things like this?

That's just my opinion and, as I've always said everyone is entitled to theirs too. I don't want to start falling out with anyone just because they don't agree with what I think.

For the most part i agree with you, but that last bit! jeez, just latch onto any Maggie Thatcher / Union / Political bias thread, its a full on cage fight...

Or muffin/barm!

 

[JohnMaddocksAxe]

Well, here's me getting pangs of guilt at one or two of these replies. Especially Oakie's which is obviously enquiring in to a personal matter which was assumed to be of importance to the person he was speaking to. That's a decent thing to do and not really what I was getting at.

I should have made it even more absurd. I recognise that it wasn't outlandish enough.

Yes, as someone has stated, this was prompted by a thread in general football where the following was posted:

"not sure what happened, but a fan died at White Hart Lane tonight. Shocking R.I.P"

followed by the start of a string of throwaway "RIP", "condolences to the family", "thoughts with the family and friends" type replies.

I appreciate that it won't be shared by everyone, but that is comical, in my view.

Firstly, we have news, passed on by a stranger on the internet, whose accuracy we have no reason to doubt but who could be, let's face it, the biggest bullshitter alive, telling us that someone has died but we don't know who or how or why.

That's it. Yet it moves people to, like Pavlov's dogs, write RIP on an internet forum. For a stranger who may or may not be dead, we have no idea of their identity and we have no idea of the circumstances or background of the situation.

If that isn't the definition of fake sincerity, then I don't know what is. And I don't buy the "it's respectful" line. It is nothing of the sort. It is mindless. It has become an automated response. It will have no impact on anyone who is genuinely attached to the situation.

(And, again, I'll separate that from what oakie was doing, which was genuinely enquiring about something that would, quite obviously, have had an impact on someone involved, if it was true)

And to make it worse we then have the "thoughts with the family" claims. Now, perhaps I am the most heartless bastard on Earth but if anyone totally unconnected to this event heard this news last night and then subsequently spent today thinking about the family and wishing them well, then I am a Chinaman.

Yet such lies are masquerading as 'respect' on such threads on a regular basis.

That sort of comment is so insincere that it is astonishing. And that is why I thought it would amuse me to see if how many similar posts might appear below something detailing that someone, somewhere may or may not be dead and how many fake, insincere nothing comments, disguised in syrupy attempts to appear respectful it might gather.

Unfortunately, I was too stupid to realise that I hadn't made it so impersonal as to render it obvious that someone on here was not really affected by a possible death. Resulting in it backfiring and attracting genuine concern by someone who, on the strength of that post, seems very decent.

But, does that mean that this is going to detract from my disdain for nonsense like "RIP, thoughts with the family" type messages by people on threads about individuals with whom they have absolutely no connection and no knowledge about and whose loved ones are never even going to view such comments?

No, it doesn't. And if you require a serious reason to explain this thread, then I will put forward that the fake respect and insincerity displayed by such comments detract hugely from people who are genuinely sincere and genuinely give thought and efforts when someone passes away. Every time someone mindlessly types something like that on the internet, before opening up Redtube again, it detracts that little bit more and makes a mockery of the same words when they are genuinely meant and meaning what they actually state.

 

[Blue Mist]

As I don't no where this sad event occurred I have left some flowers by the side of my computer as a mark of respect.