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I’ve seen plenty in expressing their moral outrage expose themselves as unfit jurors.
By not sharing the same opinion as you I suppose?
What opinion might that be?
I don’t know their motive, I only wish it was to expose the hypocrites who are dissing PP but will be eagerly discussing chances of guilt or innocence over their cornflakes worldwide for weeks to come. Dipping your hand in your pocket for a novelty bet does not mark you out as much different. This is a media circus on a grand scale which people worldwide will gorge upon for weeks on end. PP is a symptom of it, a small sideshow for hypocrites to point at, to make them feel superior. Genuine faux indignation is what it is. 2p.
What a load of nonsense. Of course people will discuss the issue, it is a major news story featuring a world famous athlete. To open a betting market on the trial of someone accused of murder is a totally different thing and to use an offensive advert to publicise it makes things worse. Nothing to do with faux indignation, just common decency.
At least the ASA has acted quickly and ordered the pulling down of the ad.
I wonder how many accounts have been closed as a result of this compared to how much money they’ve actually taken on the outcome of the case.
PP are a strange firm. They come up with excellent money back offers and other promotions but their general cheap tackiness puts off a lot of potential customers. They could try to go upmarket but I doubt that their head honchos even know the meaning of the word. I strongly suspect that Messrs Kennedy, Power, McCue et al have the mentality (and intellect) of a pack of teenage schoolboys.
I doubt that many people have closed their accounts over this, that would be way OTT. The way that some are reacting you’d think that it was Paddy Power who shot this girl.
I wonder how many accounts have been closed as a result of this compared to how much money they’ve actually taken on the outcome of the case.
PP are a strange firm. They come up with excellent money back offers and other promotions but their general cheap tackiness puts off a lot of potential customers. They could try to go upmarket but I doubt that their head honchos even know the meaning of the word. I strongly suspect that Messrs Kennedy, Power, McCue et al have the mentality (and intellect) of a pack of teenage schoolboys.
I doubt that many people have closed their accounts over this, that would be way OTT. The way that some are reacting you’d think that it was Paddy Power who shot this girl.
So I take it you feel it is ok for a company to bet on an something that has come about as the result of the death of someone. And I suppose you feel it OK for them to use an offensive advert to promote it. Why don’t we just have a betting market on how many people will be killed in Ukraine over the coming weeks ?
On a related note, Sky news were advertising their Pistorius trial "Highlights" programme each evening. Totally inappropriate use of the word "highlights". Fortunately somone saw sense and it’s now called a "Special Programme".
I wonder how many accounts have been closed as a result of this compared to how much money they’ve actually taken on the outcome of the case.
PP are a strange firm. They come up with excellent money back offers and other promotions but their general cheap tackiness puts off a lot of potential customers. They could try to go upmarket but I doubt that their head honchos even know the meaning of the word. I strongly suspect that Messrs Kennedy, Power, McCue et al have the mentality (and intellect) of a pack of teenage schoolboys.
I doubt that many people have closed their accounts over this, that would be way OTT. The way that some are reacting you’d think that it was Paddy Power who shot this girl.
It’s the unacceptable face of capitalism, it’s akin to the verminous News Corporation’s use of phone hacking in an effort to secure a front page story about Millie Dowler. An unscrupulous pursuit of profit.
Why don’t we just have a betting market…
…on the Michael Jackson child sexual molestation trial? Sorry, but they did that already. Pinnacle, Gamebookers, Bodog, Tradesports etc along with the Brits. News stories were running with oddslines at the foot. Remember the outcry? No? Twitter probably came later then.
By the way, you could get a shade of odds-on for Pistorius being NOT guilty before the first day of the trial. I guess everyone has missed the boat now.
NOT Guilty verdict has never been Odds-on.Paddy Power went 1/4 Guilty,5/2 Not Guilty. Anyone taking 5/2 about what should be a 100/1 needs their heads testing.
I’ve got an image of Pistorius being led past an animated Big Mac on his way to the cells – "and Dooowwwn he goes, for 50 years……The Magic Sign were only double carpet ON, on a Guilty Verdict – THEY KNEW!".
May be the judge could put a few million on whatever verdict is odds-against?
Value Is EverythingIt’s the unacceptable face of capitalism, it’s akin to the verminous News Corporation’s use of phone hacking in an effort to secure a front page story about Millie Dowler. An unscrupulous pursuit of profit.
That is not "capitalism" Woolfie?
Value Is EverythingIt’s the unacceptable face of capitalism, it’s akin to the verminous News Corporation’s use of phone hacking in an effort to secure a front page story about Millie Dowler. An unscrupulous pursuit of profit.
That is not "capitalism" Woolfie?
It’s consumer capitalism, they want a part of people’s diminishing disposable cash, whether it’s betting or simply buying a newspaper. The ”hook” is all important.
Nice avatar howlin’ one. Peter Barkworth was a fine actor and presumably you’ve chosen him in homage to Telford’s Change: that excellent anti-capitalist, anti-rat race moral maze of a series made when the BBC didn’t squander money pandering to the LCD
A friend was emailed a petition to have this advert banned from Change.org – a sort of self-righteous
Jim’ll Fix It
organisation for office-bound revolutionaries – stating that Reeva Steenkamp’s murder should not be trivialised in such a manner.
‘Murder’ already, then. Who needs such nonsense as trials when our
bien pensant
betters are outraged?
Mike
May be the judge could put a few million on whatever verdict is odds-against?
Interestingly, a Guardian commentator was very worried by such a thing. He reasoned that the whole concept of betting on trials could subvert the UK justice system as anyone could make millions on a result by corrupting the judge and/or jury.
As a Guardian commentator’s default position is to be deeply concerned about all things, I hadn’t the heart to tell him that Paddy Power would knock you back for more than a tenner (or maybe a score if you were a regular FOBT customer).
Mike
Nice avatar howlin’ one. Peter Barkworth was a fine actor and presumably you’ve chosen him in homage to Telford’s Change: that excellent anti-capitalist, anti-rat race moral maze of a series made when the BBC didn’t squander money pandering to the LCD
Bankers were not always society’s pariahs, they were once it’s pillars as the elders will recall.
interestingly, a Guardian commentator was very worried by such a thing. He reasoned that the whole concept of betting on trials could subvert the UK justice system as anyone could make millions on a result by corrupting the judge and/or jury.
As a Guardian commentator’s default position is to be deeply concerned about all things, I hadn’t the heart to tell him that Paddy Power would knock you back for more than a tenner (or maybe a score if you were a regular FOBT customer
Quality sir , this made me laugh for at least 10 minutes
are you attending the lockinge TRF meet up,?? the main event will be a classic heads up Kate Bush bun fight between Mr Pilsen and the writer…not to be missed
Ricky
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