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20 Jul 2011, 4:13 pm

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It would have been nice if his wife's left had caught the guy's temple.


Yeah because anyone who dare pies Murdoch in the face with soft foam shall be put to death or at least be subjected to serious injury.

Why would it be nice to cause that man serious injury for an offense that is not that serious?

Its not about who so much as where and when.


I was letting people give some input first before pointing out a key tidbit that should have people here be ashamed of themselves.

Rupert Murdoch is at least 80 years old, I don't know what condition his heart is in but a sudden scare like that (and he wouldn't have known what was coming at him) could have actually caused someone of his age to have a heart attack (and other elderly individuals have had heart attacks from a sudden scare before).



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20 Jul 2011, 4:52 pm

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Rupert Murdoch is at least 80 years old, I don't know what condition his heart is in but a sudden scare like that (and he wouldn't have known what was coming at him) could have actually caused someone of his age to have a heart attack (and other elderly individuals have had heart attacks from a sudden scare before).

That thought had occurred to me, and I can't imagine an elderly US Citizen being killed by a violent assault while giving evidence to a UK Parliamentary Committee doing the special relationship any good at all.

I was watching the video feed from Portcullis House when the attack took place and for a moment I though something far worse had happened.

The moron will be appearing at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday, but I think giving him a taste of his own shaving foam wouldn't go down too well with the mags.



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20 Jul 2011, 6:00 pm

Inuyasha wrote:
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
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techstepgenr8tion wrote:
It would have been nice if his wife's left had caught the guy's temple.


Yeah because anyone who dare pies Murdoch in the face with soft foam shall be put to death or at least be subjected to serious injury.

Why would it be nice to cause that man serious injury for an offense that is not that serious?

Its not about who so much as where and when.


I was letting people give some input first before pointing out a key tidbit that should have people here be ashamed of themselves.

Rupert Murdoch is at least 80 years old, I don't know what condition his heart is in but a sudden scare like that (and he wouldn't have known what was coming at him) could have actually caused someone of his age to have a heart attack (and other elderly individuals have had heart attacks from a sudden scare before).


What is there to be ashamed of? The pie thrower was not in the right to do what he did and look at the opportunity he has given you to derail the issue. You should send him a Thank You letter.



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20 Jul 2011, 8:23 pm

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LONDON (AP) — A protester splattered Rupert Murdoch with white foam on Tuesday, interrupting a dramatic hearing in which the media baron told British lawmakers he was not responsible for a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global empire.

Murdoch appeared by turns vague, truculent, sharp and concise as he spoke alongside his son and deputy, James, calling the parliamentary inquiry "the most humble day of my career" but refusing to take personal blame for the crisis that has swept from a tabloid newspaper through the top levels of Britain's police and even to the prime minister's office.

Murdoch, 80, said he was "shocked, appalled and ashamed" at the hacking of the phone of a murdered schoolgirl by his now-shuttered News of the World tabloid.

But he quibbled with a suggestion that criminality had been endemic at the tabloid and said he had seen no evidence that victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack and their relatives were targeted by any of his papers.

"Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word," Murdoch said. "I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now."

Murdoch said he was not responsible for the hacking scandal, and denied his company was guilty of willful blindness over hacking.

He laid blame on "the people I trusted but they blame maybe the people that they trusted."

After more than two hours of testimony, a man in a plaid shirt appeared to run toward Murdoch with a pie plate full of foam, before being struck by the executive's wife Wendi Deng. The foam hit Murdoch's suit jacket.


http://news.yahoo.com/man-rushes-rupert ... 44558.html

So now leftists are resorting to violence?



Yeah that's what it is, it's a leftist socialist communist stinko pinko liberal conspiracy. I also heard they're planning to lynch him. Can't say where or when since I'm under an oath of allegiance.


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21 Jul 2011, 2:54 am

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Rupert Murdoch is at least 80 years old, I don't know what condition his heart is in

As he was accompanied on his trip to the UK by his personal trainer it's possibly in better shape than the average 80 year old's.



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21 Jul 2011, 3:56 am

I think it's absolutely shocking...












...That the guy couldn't even get the pie onto Murdoch's face.



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21 Jul 2011, 4:16 am

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I think it's absolutely shocking...












...That the guy couldn't even get the pie onto Murdoch's face.


I really dont see how this is a "vicious crime"....as far as the heart attack theory...with his kind of money....he probably has a terminator body and will out live us all.
I mean what 80 year old has a personal trainer who isnt bent on living for anouther 40 years???
The elite has access to a level of health care that the average citizen does not.

And it is true hacking DOES lead to systematic stalking. I know people who have been through this...it destroys their lives. It is more than just snooping around.


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21 Jul 2011, 5:08 am

Murdoch had been summonsed by the UK Parliament. Like anyone else he is entitled to be treated with respect and to be safe while giving his evidence, and Parliament should take its share of responsibility. Last time I visited the Palace of Westminster security was similar to that found in an airport, and I expect Portcullis House has a similar level of security. Since there's something of a tradition of pieing public figures, letting a can of shaving foam in looks like incompetence or collusion - maybe with an MP or a member of staff.

If witnesses are mistreated then in future they or others may be more reluctant to attend Select Committees.

Many people wanted to hear Murdoch's evidence and some queued all morning for a seat in the committee room or the overflow rooms. Because of this incident they were excluded.

If Murdoch had been too distressed to continue then his evidence would have been delayed or even lost - he is already back in the US. It's possible that being pied affected the evidence he gave afterwards.

Whilst his health is no doubt better than that of the average 80 year old - how many 80 year olds do you know who go jogging with their personal trainer? - he is still an elderly man and this could have had serious consequences. And can you imagine the consequences if he had died following the assault? This isn't just any elderly American we are talking about.

To many Murdoch was the villain of the piece, now he's a victim. No wonder UK Uncut are trying to distance themselves from this, whether or not they had anything to do with it.

I hope the City of Westminster Magistrates Court deal suitably firmly with Mr May-Bowles on Friday. I'd prefer to see him hauled before the bar of the House and charged with Contempt of Parliament, but while the powers still exist that's probably a bit to esoteric for the average policeman.



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21 Jul 2011, 9:36 am

oddone wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:
Rupert Murdoch is at least 80 years old, I don't know what condition his heart is in

As he was accompanied on his trip to the UK by his personal trainer it's possibly in better shape than the average 80 year old's.


80 years old is still fragile (compared to 40 or 60 years of age).

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22 Jul 2011, 1:01 am

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Murdoch had been summonsed by the UK Parliament. Like anyone else he is entitled to be treated with respect and to be safe while giving his evidence, and Parliament should take its share of responsibility. Last time I visited the Palace of Westminster security was similar to that found in an airport, and I expect Portcullis House has a similar level of security. Since there's something of a tradition of pieing public figures, letting a can of shaving foam in looks like incompetence or collusion - maybe with an MP or a member of staff.

If witnesses are mistreated then in future they or others may be more reluctant to attend Select Committees.

Many people wanted to hear Murdoch's evidence and some queued all morning for a seat in the committee room or the overflow rooms. Because of this incident they were excluded.

If Murdoch had been too distressed to continue then his evidence would have been delayed or even lost - he is already back in the US. It's possible that being pied affected the evidence he gave afterwards.

Whilst his health is no doubt better than that of the average 80 year old - how many 80 year olds do you know who go jogging with their personal trainer? - he is still an elderly man and this could have had serious consequences. And can you imagine the consequences if he had died following the assault? This isn't just any elderly American we are talking about.

To many Murdoch was the villain of the piece, now he's a victim. No wonder UK Uncut are trying to distance themselves from this, whether or not they had anything to do with it.

I hope the City of Westminster Magistrates Court deal suitably firmly with Mr May-Bowles on Friday. I'd prefer to see him hauled before the bar of the House and charged with Contempt of Parliament, but while the powers still exist that's probably a bit to esoteric for the average policeman.


And I really doubt Murdoch authorized the hackings, for starters the risks outweigh the potential benefits.



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22 Jul 2011, 3:38 am

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Murdoch had been summonsed by the UK Parliament. Like anyone else he is entitled to be treated with respect and to be safe while giving his evidence, and Parliament should take its share of responsibility. Last time I visited the Palace of Westminster security was similar to that found in an airport, and I expect Portcullis House has a similar level of security. Since there's something of a tradition of pieing public figures, letting a can of shaving foam in looks like incompetence or collusion - maybe with an MP or a member of staff.

If witnesses are mistreated then in future they or others may be more reluctant to attend Select Committees.

Many people wanted to hear Murdoch's evidence and some queued all morning for a seat in the committee room or the overflow rooms. Because of this incident they were excluded.

If Murdoch had been too distressed to continue then his evidence would have been delayed or even lost - he is already back in the US. It's possible that being pied affected the evidence he gave afterwards.

Whilst his health is no doubt better than that of the average 80 year old - how many 80 year olds do you know who go jogging with their personal trainer? - he is still an elderly man and this could have had serious consequences. And can you imagine the consequences if he had died following the assault? This isn't just any elderly American we are talking about.

To many Murdoch was the villain of the piece, now he's a victim. No wonder UK Uncut are trying to distance themselves from this, whether or not they had anything to do with it.

I hope the City of Westminster Magistrates Court deal suitably firmly with Mr May-Bowles on Friday. I'd prefer to see him hauled before the bar of the House and charged with Contempt of Parliament, but while the powers still exist that's probably a bit to esoteric for the average policeman.


And I really doubt Murdoch authorized the hackings, for starters the risks outweigh the potential benefits.


There was more than one paper involved in the hacking, actually about 4-5 of them. It was not just an isolated event within his company. Unless we get proof of whether or not he actually authorized them, we can only speculate, but the fact that this happened in a number of his papers points to a more epidemic problem that he was more likely to have known about...whether or not he authorized them. But still we cant be sure without more evidence. However as the head guru, he is still responcible for what has happened and to make sure it never happens again.


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22 Jul 2011, 6:35 am

From a Communist/Socialist/Liberal/Hippy leftist perspective:
The "physical attack" was a possible Murdoch Publicity stunt to win sympathy? How much was that homeless guy paid to attempt to throw shaving cream at Murdoch?

From a Murdoch fan boy perspective:
You either support Murdoch family- the Captains of capitalism or you are an envious, jealous Communist LEFT who collects our taxes and lives on welfare. The Communist who attacked old Rupert Murdoch should be shot dead Jack Ruby style.



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22 Jul 2011, 8:21 am

Well it seems that the top legal advisor for Murdoch has decided to speak out against him saying that he told James Murdoch about the hacking and he told the legal advisor to pay off the victim which contradicts what he said in the parliment when he told the pannel that he knew nothing about the hackings prior to the pay offs.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/21/f ... arliament/


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22 Jul 2011, 8:53 am

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From a Communist/Socialist/Liberal/Hippy leftist perspective:
The "physical attack" was a possible Murdoch Publicity stunt to win sympathy? How much was that homeless guy paid to attempt to throw shaving cream at Murdoch?

From a Murdoch fan boy perspective:
You either support Murdoch family- the Captains of capitalism or you are an envious, jealous Communist LEFT who collects our taxes and lives on welfare. The Communist who attacked old Rupert Murdoch should be shot dead Jack Ruby style.

And then you have the third group - people who decided to actually read the story rather than endulge their fantasies.


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22 Jul 2011, 12:21 pm

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Well it seems that the top legal advisor for Murdoch has decided to speak out against him saying that he told James Murdoch about the hacking and he told the legal advisor to pay off the victim which contradicts what he said in the parliment when he told the pannel that he knew nothing about the hackings prior to the pay offs.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/21/f ... arliament/


And how much was this guy paid by individuals on the left.


Furthermore, that doesn't contradict what James Murdoch said, despite how you are making it sound.



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22 Jul 2011, 5:54 pm

Inuyasha, why are you trying to make this an issue of right v left? You do realise don't you that these political extremes don't even exist in the country where it's all taking place? That the only difference between the parties in the UK is that the leaders wear different coloured ties? :?