I'm posting in here because these things have a feminist slant. Two stories in the paper have bugged me today:
Firstly, the airline pilot who bludgeoned his wife to death with a hammer while his children cowered in the playroom got manslaughter rather than murder after driving to his wife's house with a hammer and the children - WTF? I don't know the details of the case but I can't seem to see why he got the lower conviction.
Secondly, a man died on Everest days after his wife gave birth to their third child. Now, I have very little sympathy with these sort of escapades anyway to be honest, but what kind of man goes on an expedition where 1 in 10 people die, while his wife is left with their two children and about to give birth. This astounds me! How selfish to put your family through that so that you can get your kicks scaling a frozen graveyard and junk yard.
There, I've got that of my chest :)
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Things that have bugged me in the news today
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Bumperlicioso · 25/05/2011 16:45
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