{"id":5867,"date":"2018-11-06T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T11:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2018-11-06T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T13:00:12","slug":"the-grenfell-effigy-joke-video-is-sick-so-is-a-society-that-arrests-people-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2018\/11\/the-grenfell-effigy-joke-video-is-sick-so-is-a-society-that-arrests-people-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grenfell effigy joke video is sick. So is a society that arrests people for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in June 2017, the British public watched in horror as a North Kensington Tower block went up in flames. 72 people died as a result of the accidental fire, the majority of which were ethnic minorities. This terrible tragedy has since been weaponised as a political football and understandably provokes a lot of emotional response from the general public.<\/p>\n

As Guy Fawkes celebrations were in full swing in the UK, it was reported<\/a> that a group of men had created and burned a card mock-up of the Grenfell Tower block. This was then filmed and posted on the internet.<\/p>\n

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As reported by Sky News:<\/p>\n

In the clip, members of the group can be heard laughing and shouting “help me, help me”.<\/p>\n

As the fire climbs up their effigy, one of the people question whether they should have put the tower on upside down, because the fire started on the 10th floor.<\/p>\n

One person shouts “jump out the window” while another offers the original fire brigade advice before the scale of the tragedy was understood, saying “stay in your flats”.<\/p>\n

Another voice can be heard saying “that’s what happens when they don’t pay their rent”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a move reminiscent of their policy on the Charlie Hebdo cartoons<\/a>, Sky News announced it had \u201cmade the decision not to show the video\u201d in its Tuesday morning report. The images of a badly crafted card building on fire whilst a bunch of morons provided disrespectful commentary was apparently too distressing for viewers. I can\u2019t imagine the response being much different had they burned and filmed a real, occupied building. Talking of which, Sky News was perfectly comfortable with broadcasting<\/a> extensive, multi-angle, around the clock footage of the actual<\/i> tower burning, with actual<\/i> humans inside, but it\u2019s good to know they draw the line at cartoons and the incineration of arts and craft.<\/p>\n

You can see the video in question below:<\/p>\n