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Post by offramp on May 6, 2016 21:56:47 GMT
I read The Observer every Sunday - or I used to. I was really REALLY annoyed by an article in The Observer of Sunday 1st of May 2016. It was written by a man who had survived the Hillsborough Disaster. Justice, finally: a Hillsborough survivor’s storySo, Liverpudlian brethren, now you know. Freemasons caused the Hillsborough disaster!
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Post by boreades on May 21, 2016 23:53:34 GMT
Dear Offramp
This is so very very sad.
From previous personal conversations with Brethren who have been in the police, I understand that this was a case of human failings, on a tragic scale.
That the key officers on duty that day were incompetent or inept is now beyond doubt. But, having being human and stupid, they then did the next human and stupid reflex thing, and closed ranks, and denied any wrong-doing.
In the minds and perception of the angry and grief-stricken families, that made things immeasurably worse. As if it wasn't bad enough, "they" were now organised and conspiring against "us".
As soon as conspiracy is in the mind, it's a case of round up the usual suspects. Oh, look, one of them is a Freemason. Bang to rights.
Is Duckenfield being singled out as a fall-guy. Perhaps. Was Duckenfield promoted beyond his competance grade? Well, perhaps, but I've worked in many businesses where that happened to males and females alike. And I'm sure none of them were Masons.
Is there any way back from this?
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