Wee Eck 703 Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) I was trying to post a tweet from the speedway press office saying “Remembering Kenny Carter on his 60th birthday” and saying “We remember him and extend our kind wishes to Kenny and Pam’s family today” I don’t get offended, but I do get disgusted. And this tweet is, in my view, disgraceful Edited March 28, 2021 by Wee Eck 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Stadia 1,071 Posted March 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: I was trying to post a tweet from the speedway press office saying “Remembering Kenny Carter on his 60th birthday” and saying “We remember him and extend our kind wishes to Kenny and Pam’s family today” I don’t get offended, but I do get disgusted. And this tweet is, in my view, disgraceful I'm probably being thick, but I don't get what you are saying. Aside of what befell Kenny and Pam, he was still a great rider and sounds like, had he lived, he would be 60. Maybe not a celebration, but moreover, a fact. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,378 Posted March 28, 2021 37 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: I was trying to post a tweet from the speedway press office saying “Remembering Kenny Carter on his 60th birthday” and saying “We remember him and extend our kind wishes to Kenny and Pam’s family today” I don’t get offended, but I do get disgusted. And this tweet is, in my view, disgraceful Not very well worded. IMO 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wee Eck 703 Posted March 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Not very well worded. IMO If I could have reproduced the tweet - I couldn’t get it to copy over - perhaps you’d understand. I’ll try again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Stadia 1,071 Posted March 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: If I could have reproduced the tweet - I couldn’t get it to copy over - perhaps you’d understand. I’ll try again I see what you mean. It hasn't been properly thought through. Definitely could have been better worded. Not sure it's disgusting or disgraceful, in my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitten2502 262 Posted March 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: If I could have reproduced the tweet - I couldn’t get it to copy over - perhaps you’d understand. I’ll try again The only "mistake" with the wording in my opinion is it should read "On what would have been his 60th Birthday". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wee Eck 703 Posted March 28, 2021 Regardless of his talents on a speedway bike, for Speedway GB’s press office to eulogise a man who murdered his wife, then orphaned his children by killing himself is, in my opinion, the height of bad taste. And what sort of “kind wishes” are they expressing? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted March 28, 2021 I visited his grave some years ago when pasing by and I have to say when standing over it I felt nothing but contempt for him. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PotteringAround 633 Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) Very poorly worded insensitive post. A bit like posting "Happy Birthday to Fred West - For all his faults, he laid a nice patio" Edited March 28, 2021 by PotteringAround 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,378 Posted March 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, PotteringAround said: Very poorly worded insensitive post. A bit like posting "Happy Birthday to Fred West - For all his faults, he laid a nice patio" Have to agree. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,701 Posted March 28, 2021 Kelvin gets it right... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old bob at herne bay 828 Posted March 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, PotteringAround said: Very poorly worded insensitive post. A bit like posting "Happy Birthday to Fred West - For all his faults, he laid a nice patio" Agree ... very poorly worded and insensitive post by "@SpeedwayGB" An unnecessary post IMO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,297 Posted March 28, 2021 "One of our greatest"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattB 177 Posted March 28, 2021 A poor idea which has been badly put together 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattB 177 Posted March 28, 2021 Looks like they've deleted it from twitter and Facebook now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites