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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Sorry Maggy, but gallows humour, like most humour is supposed to be funny. But this goes beyond such things and has descended into the glorification of and delight in, someone's rather gruesome death and the loss to a family. In fact, the delight was being re-inforced with the assumption that this poor unfortunate human being was not worth symapthy, because it was being assumed he was a traveller.
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Humour is subjective. Some people find things funny that others find offensive. Gallows humour (by it's very nature) is often very dark. Hence the name.
I feel no sympathy for the criminal in question (he would have been aware of the risks, so it was definitely his fault), but I do feel sympathy for his family and friends. They are feeling grief for his actions, and are totally innocent. That's without the chance they may hear or read comments in forums such as this. I so feel sympathy for them.
Oh, and while there is no evidence he was a traveller, my own personal view is that that term itself is unfair. Why? Because there is a marked difference between Romany gypsies and pikies. Gypsies will work to make themselves totally self sufficient, and have as little impact on outsiders as possible. Pikies do the exact opposite. and often commit crimes against the local area. As such, it is unfair to lump them both under the term travellers.