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# and a good friend of sir james savile, lest we forget
(, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 10:58, archived)
# Astonishing picture made even more astonishing by the fact ...
...that Sirjim is blatantly flaunting the no smoking policy highlighted on the door behind him!
(, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 11:12, archived)
# capital gold
must've been right pleased with that bit of publicity
(, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 13:37, archived)
# Even better when you appreciate that Frank must be a Master Mason, and Peter a Fellow in Craft by the way they are shaking hands...
*fetches tinfoil*
(, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 15:25, archived)
# Well spotted.
(, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 0:15, archived)
# No he isn't.http://b3ta.com/board/write.php?parent=10595925
That cigar isn't lit.
(, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 21:53, archived)
# I don't think you should censure people for visiting patients in hospital
I know a few folks who live near Broadmoor who regularly run events/social clubs in the hospital. You can argue whether psychos should be considered ill or just shot out of hand, but the fact remains that it *is* a hospital and Jimmy was a great supporter of hospitals.
(, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 4:50, archived)
# and i think that IS a good thing
i'm pretty far from a string-'em-up attitude towards even those who've committed the worst crimes. i think social facilities etc. in such secure institutions can probably only help.

but i don't think people are criticising them for visiting patients. i think the reactions are mostly:

(i) wtf? that's jimmy savile, the yorkshire ripper and frank bruno all together in the same photograph. how did that even...

(ii) the article said that jimmy had "become friends" with sutcliffe through his work. now there's a high chance that's the sun just making shit up, or at least exaggerating for the sake of a story. it's pretty strange if true, though. i can see being sympathetic to him, or having a cordial relationship in your role as a volunteer. but it'd take a lot to actually become a friend (unless he thought sutcliffe had shown genuine signs of reform by that stage).

(iii) going back to (i) really. not sure who thought "oh, that's a good idea. let's get frank posing with the ripper. jimmy - you stand there with your cigar" *snap*. even if it was informally set up rather than someone's genius idea for a pr story, you've got to wonder what went through the heads of the people doing it.

soz for length
(, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 9:09, archived)
# Sir Jim was on the governing board at Broadmoor
... which is, remember, a hospital. As such, he wouldn't have discriminated between one patient or another; or let his own feelings get in the way of his work.

Of course that kind of professionalism is incomprehensible to anyone at the Murdoch papers, hence the "story".
(, Wed 9 Nov 2011, 21:33, archived)
# at last the real reason peter sutcliff is still locked up
just look at his taste in shell suite attire.
deserves every thing he gets for clothing crimes like this
(, Thu 10 Nov 2011, 17:32, archived)