Ronnie Biggs Dies

[surrey jim]

All this talk about Biggs takes me back to the playground when I was a nipper. Everyone told the same joke over and over "Ronnie Biggs has been caught! He was in a phone box and pressed button B and 4 coppers came out!" Coppers and button B will baffle kids nowadays.

The thought of using a phone box would baffle kids nowadays

Incidentally I am 28 and have no idea what you mean!

 

[W.C.]

So your argument for raising a jar to Biggs was that he wasn't a nonce who got away with a light sentence?

FFS.

I'm NOT a nonce and have NEVER been convicted of a criminal offence! I'll be in the North Stand on Saturday accepting all the 'jars' I'm due.

 

[Norman Potting]

The Daily Mash are surprisingly quick of the mark on this

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...e=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Christmas No 1, we're off. Offered 100/1, by the time I got my tenner out it had shortened to 50s, still it's a drink. get downloading people otherwise you'll get Sam Bailey (who ever he is)

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1088..._met_on_Facebook_jailed_for_32_months/?ref=mr

^ this is the British 'justice' everyone is berating Ronnie for escaping.. 32 months for nonsing a 14 year old with learning difficulties. 30 years for robbery...

I think it is fairly fatuous comparing sentences for two crimes which are separated by fifty years. Why not go the whole hog and say we used to hang people for sheep stealing.

 

[Mellotron]

I think it is fairly fatuous comparing sentences for two crimes which are separated by fifty years. Why not go the whole hog and say we used to hang people for sheep stealing.

Agreed, some retarded logic going on in this thread:

Person A: Ronnie Biggs was a legend.
Person B: No he wasn't, he was a ****.
Person A: Yeah, but, look at these other ****s.

Brilliant.

 

[Uncle C]

Good

 

[The Kid Frankie]

So your argument for raising a jar to Biggs was that he wasn't a nonce who got away with a light sentence?

FFS.

I've explained my reasons for raising a jar to Ron's memory in another post. I was just highlighting that the same justice system that saw fit to give him a 30 year sentence is the same justice that hands a convicted nonce a 32 MONTH sentence. Hands up they are 50 years apart so maybe it isn't relevent.

 

[The Kid Frankie]

I think it is fairly fatuous comparing sentences for two crimes which are separated by fifty years. Why not go the whole hog and say we used to hang people for sheep stealing.

OK that is a fair point. That said 30 years for what he did was not a fair sentence in my opinion.

 

[Trufflehound]

Good

This.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

OK that is a fair point. That said 30 years for what he did was not a fair sentence in my opinion.

I agree that the 32 months could well have been too little, and that 30 years for the train robbers might have been too long, but I still have - or rather had - little sympathy for mr Biggs

 

[Mellotron]

OK that is a fair point. That said 30 years for what he did was not a fair sentence in my opinion.

Of course it isn't. Doesn't mean I'm going to celebrate his life.

 

[Easy 10]

He made mistakes in his life (which he came to regret), but ultimately I will remember him as a good bloke.

I'm still puzzled as to why you feel moved to honour the death of a thief.
What exactly did he do to win your admiration ? He thieved, he ran, he came back for free treatment for his illness when his money ran out.

Am I missing something ?

 

[The Kid Frankie]

I'm still puzzled as to why you feel moved to honour the death of a thief.
What exactly did he do to win your admiration ? He thieved, he ran, he came back for free treatment for his illness when his money ran out.

Am I missing something ?

I admire that he wouldn't accept the sentence he was given. The courts tried to make an example of him and it ended with him taking the piss out of them. I respect the audacity.

For what it's worth he didn't come back for free treatment. When he came back he thought he had a lot less time than he did - he wanted to die in his home country and ideally be a free man when he kicked the bucket, a wish which has been granted to him.

In all Ronnie served 10 years in prison for the robbery. Which I think is at very least a fair amount of time to serve for his involvement.

 

[Easy 10]

Audacity ? Or self preservation ?

Its an amazing story for sure, but I still see nothing in this man whatsoever to admire.

 

[pastafarian]

Already planning a minutes applause in the boozer I will be in

That pub must be a special kind of shithole.

 

[The Kid Frankie]

Audacity ? Or self preservation ?

Its an amazing story for sure, but I still see nothing in this man whatsoever to admire.

That's your prerogative.

 

[The Kid Frankie]

That pub must be a special kind of shithole.

Special indeed. Will be full to the brim of genuine blokes I would trust my life with

 

[Napper]

Good month for me as had Mandela and Biggs in the companys celebrity death list for 2013.

Up to 3rd

 

[LABHA]

Only a week or so ago people were celebrating the life,of a person who was responsible for 100s of deaths, now today a petty thief,who got lucky,died,and people say what a bad guy he was........