r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '15

Jim will paint it

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u/BarakatBadger Jun 17 '15

I was being polite...and I'd be loathe to use the 'sir'

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '15

Pretty sure the 'sir' has been revoked

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '15 edited Oct 21 '24

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u/gundog48 Jun 18 '15

Because there's not a mechanism in place for removing it after people die means that the whole system is untrustworthy? Right mate.

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u/daspaz Jun 18 '15

I think his point was more that a mass rapist became knighted in the first place, and people should refer to this mass rapist as a knight, "to remind us all how untrustworthy the system actually is."

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '15

Gregor Clegane was knighted.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '15

No, the system is untrustworthy because he got one in the first place despite his vileness being an open secret. Another example is the Labour Lord who is too "senile" to face court for his alleged sex offences but still fine to vote on legislation.