Are you one of the million? (Facebook london met support page)

[StraferJack]

Who liked the Facebook page "supporting the London met police" in the last few days? Who wouldn't support that cause?

But you might want to think twice before associating yourself with the views of the guy behind it

http://bit.ly/r61IKj

[RosieH]

Damn straight.

[Annette Curtain]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Damn straight.

What as in straight straight, or not y'know "straight" ?

[DJKillaQueen]

Jeepers! lol.

[cmck83]

:( Dammit.

[RosieH]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> RosieH Wrote:

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> > Damn straight.

>

> What as in straight straight, or not y'know

> "straight" ?

Hell yeah!

[DJKillaQueen]

( insert thumbs up )

[dita-on-tees]

oh no, I hate it when I click on a link which I assume will put me on some sort of Mi5 list labelled potential Nazi.

[Brendan]

Does this have something to do with the worryingly racist lyrics in a similarly named GnR song?

[DJKillaQueen]

dita-on-tees Wrote:

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> oh no, I hate it when I click on a link which I

> assume will put me on some sort of Mi5 list

> labelled potential Nazi.

It is the list titled 'potential collaboraters' though - not the one titled 'agitators' - so you are safe!

[Loz]

Considering the ones he didn't disassociate himself from, how was was the *Junglebook* tweet? First I've heard of it.

Interestingly, one of the White Supremacist groups was posting furiously on the group page on Monday night. At the time I just assumed they were making the most of an open thread with lots of passing people...

[StraferJack]

Some major panicking going on

http://bit.ly/r61IKj

[StraferJack]

Out of curiosity, how many people who have read this thread had signed up to that facebook page and have decided

a) oops - better remove my name

b) yep - don't give a toss

[Loz]

Well, more:

c) the positive sentiment behind the page is still greater than the furore over it's creator, so currently staying on there, but may change my mind at any time.

[*Bob*]

Facebook support pages.. the X-Factor of petitioning.

[katie1997]

I must admit I have recently been considering withdrawing my support for the Marmite page. The god-awful recipes in their endless newsfeeds has not helped.

[david_carnell]

Do you jerk your knee?

Do you jump on bandwagons?

Do you mindlessly follow crowds without stopping for one moment to consider what you're doing?

Do you have overly simplistic answers to incredibly complex problems?

Then you need a Facebook petition.

[RosieH]

Do you want to kiss david_carnell?

[Jeremy]

What exactly was the aim of this "petition"?

[Rick Channing]

As undeniably inflammatory as the account holder's comments were, I don't think you can justify all the scorn being poured on Cameron from the left-wing media. He has to make some decisions and allegiances that, with the benefit of hindsight, aren't as informed as he would've preferred, and will occasionally backfire on him. I suppose you could draw a reasonably sound parallel with Manchester Metropolitan, Teesside, Liverpool John Moores, Glamorgan and Queen Margaret (Edinburgh) universities entering into sponsorship agreements with the brutal and oppresive regime in Libya. The negative coverage has also backfired on them, too.

[Brendan]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Do you jerk your knee?

> Do you jump on bandwagons?

> Do you mindlessly follow crowds without stopping

> for one moment to consider what you're doing?

> Do you have overly simplistic answers to

> incredibly complex problems?

>

> Then you need a Facebook petition.

Or a riot.

[*Bob*]

'Supporting the Met' now requires no more effort than 'preferring a sausage roll to Cheryl Cole'.

Depressing to see political leaders grasping this sort of trite drivel, as if it meant something.

[richardbach]

i wundern if the roit kids wiht there blakcberrys and internet acess will be voting in the facbook poll suporting the ploice lol

[Loz]

Here ya go, *Bob* - one facebook campaign you can really get behind.

http://www.facebook.com/kneejerkgovernment

[MrBen]

I now visit my rather lame Facebook page about three times a year and it's going to die very soon. Strangely, I found I started actively disliking lots of people whom I actually like and respect in real life.

You can be too connected. It's days are numbered. And if you are an EDF hipster you really have no excuses. It's evil.