Rebecca Wilson at it again

[snout]

I dont get Twitter, how do I view conversations like a thread? Seems pointless if you cant see the replies.

I dont have twitter either.
I googled his name plus wilson. First on list was story with his full tweet.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

I will drink a bourbon or 2 tonight for her. I won't drive though, that would be carrying the tribute too far.

 

[OVP]

Oh look over there, it's a tree

 

[Brutus]

David Bowie RIP.
That knocked me for six.
I still can't believe he's gone and that was Jan 10.

 

[AWESOME PERSON]

Oh look over there, it's a tree

STFU CATWEASEL

 

[Last Week]

I THINK THE MODS SHOULD LOCK THIS THREAD.

90% OF THE COMMENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.

You are.

 

[OVP]

STFU CATWEASEL

This seems like a great thread for a thread hijack. So how goes the rugby training Cat ? What team do you want to play for ?

 

[Brutus]

I'm a Blackstar...

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I THINK THE MODS SHOULD LOCK THIS THREAD.

90% OF THE COMMENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.

No one complains when people talk shit on Hitler....

(yes, i just compared Burbs to Hitler)

 

[The Charlatan]

I will drink a bourbon or 2 tonight for her. I won't drive though, that would be carrying the tribute too far.

Sounds like you were doing that anyway, irrespective of the news.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

Sounds like you were doing that anyway, irrespective of the news.

haha, haven't had a bourbon in 20 years.

 

[axl rose]

This outpouring of grief is comparable to Margret Thatcher. Not much.

 

[tye]

Interesting read. He like everyone else is entitled to his opinion.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

My Mother always said to me that if you can't say something nice about someone then you shouldn't say anything at all.

....

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

It is ironic that there are so many posters in this thread who think that because a person, in their opinion, treated people disrespectfully in life that they, from behind a keyboard, can treat that same person disrespectfully in death. It is base hypocrisy.

No one can make you agree with the things that Rebecca Wilson said in life. Asking people not to engage in the level of vitriol evidenced in this thread does not require you to agree with her, like her or pass any judgment of her whatsoever.

But it is not unreasonable, mere hours after someone has passed away, to ask for some dignified silence. If I was in her family, my distress at her passing would be compounded, if I knew, by the outpouring this pack mentality has unleashed online.

You are all better than this.

I don't think for one moment that any of you would approach, in real life, the family member of a recently deceased person and say within earshot some of the things that have been said of late in this thread. Common decency and manners would dictate that you didn't. But if you have posted it here, you have potentially said it to their face. Think about that.

Totally disagree...

This is the work she did and this is her legacy. My hope is that other journos see this and think about what they leave behind. I dont want people to go easy because it is a tacit consent for what she did.

He lifes work is a boil on the ass of Australian culture and this is when it gets lanced...

(My only regret is that Bec will never see these comments.)

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

This outpouring of grief is comparable to Margret Thatcher. Not much.

That was the comparison that came to my mind too...

I think ill feel the same when Johnny Howard or Rupert Murdock finally kick it.

 

[adamkungl]

(My only regret is that Bec will never see these comments.)

She'd only enjoy it anyway.

 

[gUt]

Muckraker of Hearts

 

[adamkungl]

I honestly don't understand why people offer their fake sadness to someone they had no respect and outright distaste, if not hate, for.
Are you actually sad, in any way? Emotional dishonesty doesn't make you a better person. Gotta get them internet points.

 

[Barkley]

Such an inspirational bloke....handsome too.