So can posters not discuss anything that goes in another country? I could name several posters on here who should take note of your advice.

These threads always tail off very quickly whenever the perpetrator turns out to be white.

I thought posting the outcome of the trial would lead to a bit of reflection from everyone tbh.

This thread reads as though it's just used for political point scoring from both "sides" without barely an ounce of compassion for those effected. It was pretty depressing to flick back through the pages to see people basically just goading each other with this tragedy used as a backdrop.

Merry Christmas

Having read the reports I did not consider that it was a 'controversial' topic as you say but rather just a very sad one. I don't venture much past Palace Talk but as I said this story came up as I watched some news the other day. Thanks for the advice all the same.

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This report gave a few more details for anyone who was interested... you may need to let Google auto-translate though.

Whereas posters who want to wait for confirmation as to whether an attack was carried out by a Muslim before “making a comment” tend not to post again when it was.

The name of the convicted not being released for " privacy reasons "

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.