So, yeah, he definitely should have the right to say anything the fuck he wants, and I deplore the actions taken by the overly zealous authorities. But, just between us free speech purists, he’s still an idiot.
By the way: If you don’t start posting more frequently, I’ll kill you.
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That really is the name of the airport. Naming airports after famous dead people seems tio have become compulsory. Maybe there was nobody from Doncaster who was famous enough so they picked an imaginary figure. (In any case, this must confuse the hell out of air travellers, who would naturally drive to Nottingham, if they are looking for Robin Hood Airport.)
Your question “Still … was the guy completely stupid?” seems to be a common reaction. I can’t agree at all. I reckon that I make about 40 verbal hyberbolic threats on a bad day. Noone I speak to imagines that I will suddenly attack them.
It’s normal to say things like “If you play that tune one more time, I’ll kill you,” in the confident expectation that your friends and family know that you aren’t about to become a homicidal lunatic.
Why should random chatter on the internet be any different? Must all readers be assumed to taken leave of their senses, and especially of their common sense?
As Spanish Inquisitor says, being afraid seems to have become a default state. Surely, continuing to live as freely and bravely as we can is the only sane response to terrorism.
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