"Misplaced humour"..Hugh Jackson

jackyalex · 28-03-2008, 08:42

A councillor has been suspended from the conserative party after suggesting euthanasia as a way to cut the cost of caring for vulnerable children.
Hugh jackson, councillor for Monksheath North, is also being investigated by North Tyneside council for the remark he made at a finance meeting.
Mr jackson has appologised and is reported to have said the comment was "misplaced humour".
The North Tyneside conservatives said his remark was "totally unacceptable"
He should be disgusted with himself

Eric · 28-03-2008, 17:50

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Originally Posted by jackyalex

A councillor has been suspended from the conserative party after suggesting euthanasia as a way to cut the cost of caring for vulnerable children.
Hugh jackson, councillor for Monksheath North, is also being investigated by North Tyneside council for the remark he made at a finance meeting.
Mr jackson has appologised and is reported to have said the comment was "misplaced humour".
The North Tyneside conservatives said his remark was "totally unacceptable"
He should be disgusted with himself

It does seem as if politicians only open their mouths to change feet. The tory leader of the opposition in the Onatrio Legislature remarked that the new budget provisions for helping First Nations were "smoke signals."

Of course, as an afterthought, Swift might have considered Hugh Jackson's proposal quite modest.

andrewb · 28-03-2008, 17:58

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Originally Posted by jackyalex

A councillor has been suspended from the conserative party after suggesting euthanasia as a way to cut the cost of caring for vulnerable children.
Hugh jackson, councillor for Monksheath North, is also being investigated by North Tyneside council for the remark he made at a finance meeting.
Mr jackson has appologised and is reported to have said the comment was "misplaced humour".
The North Tyneside conservatives said his remark was "totally unacceptable"
He should be disgusted with himself

Councillors and people in public life should know better. He surely must have known there'd be an uproar?

jackyalex · 29-03-2008, 16:58

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

Councillors and people in public life should know better. He surely must have known there'd be an uproar?

I dont know what would possess someone to say something like that, he may have found it funny but most people wouldnt, your quite right there cyfr

West Ender · 29-03-2008, 21:10

You'd have thought the dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, would have known better too, wouldn't you? Well, I don't know, maybe he meant it!

Jonathan Swift - A Modest Proposal

I think Mr Jackson should probably have kept his lip zipped but I don't think it's a hanging matter.

emamum · 29-03-2008, 22:26

why would anyone think that was funny?

West Ender · 29-03-2008, 22:28

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Originally Posted by emamum23

why would anyone think that was funny?

Personally, I just think it's a stupid remark but there's no accounting for other people's sense of "humour".

jaysay · 30-03-2008, 11:09

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Originally Posted by emamum23

why would anyone think that was funny?

Some one who is full of their own importance

Loz · 31-03-2008, 16:16

I think i have a twisted sense of humour but that is very low.
How he could think that was even remotely funny is beyond me and trust me i think i'm going to hell with some of the jokes i've found amusing!

emamum · 31-03-2008, 16:20

Loz.... give me your msn and i will send you some of my music!! pmsl... that'll send you to hell!

jaysay · 01-04-2008, 09:22

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Originally Posted by emamum23

Loz.... give me your msn and i will send you some of my music!! pmsl... that'll send you to hell!

We don't need music emamum, weave been going to hell on a hand cart for the last eleven years