Chopper Read Dies

AlbionLass

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mark-brandon-chopper-read-dies-at-age-58-from-liver-cancer-in-melbourne-20131009-2v8b9.html

Drew_TNBD

“Look, honestly, I haven’t killed that many people,” Read said in an interview with The New York Times earlier this year, “probably about four or seven, depending on how you look at it.’

RIP HITLER! YOUR BIGSBY'S WERE SHIT!

RobDavies

"gained infamy in his younger days for sometimes using a blowtorch or bolt cutters to remove the toes of his targets."

No RIP from me.  Fuck 'im..

gusman2x

Yeah, fuck him. Just a nasty peice of work.

AlbionLass

Can I say at this point that by starting this thread and using R.I.P I in no way want to condone or trivialise anything that Read did. 

I just though I would bring it to the attention of the forum as he's a figure that many people may be aware of.

bertie

I knew of a Chopper Harris

VimFuego

chopper read was a real inspiration to me, I can't believe he's dead. My life will literally not be the same. I am bereft.

RobDavies

bertie said:

I knew of a Chopper Harris

He played for Brentford for half a season or so.  A waste of space, frankly.   Also a deeply unpleasant individual off the pitch, too.

breakstuff

Despicable man but enjoyed the film of his life with Eric Bana playing the lead.Extremely brutal though.

chillidoggy

The only man more skilled with a pitchfork than Vim.

jonnyburgo

He woz a luvverly bloke, he didnt go robbing old ladies like the young uns today and he only killed his own kind and dirty grasses. He was always a gent when we met and he loved his dear old mother. A credit to society. Should be more like him about.

randomhandclaps

Why is this in Off Topic?  Is there not a thread for Dead Psychopaths?  C'mon get on it guys.

bertie

"It is as a husband, father and friend that Mark will be missed most deeply."

not as a murdering psyco ?   how strange

Deadman

Horrible bastard deservedly dies. Nothing to see here.

Bellycaster

Can't say I'm all broken up, even less so because Wikipedia credits him as being a "Rapper" as well as a Criminal and an Author.

Now, that really is unforgivable :-D

octatonic

gusman2x said:

Yeah, fuck him. Just a nasty peice of work.

Not just a nasty piece of work- there was more to him than that (note, I am not disagreeing that he was a nasty piece of work).

My Dad had a bit to do with him- he was a cop in Australia during the 70's-90's and had a lot of stories about Chopper.

Proper nutter and a real character.

He did have a moral code, although highly individual.

He didn't rob or bash people who weren't already criminals themselves.

Hootsmon

I am sometimes known as CHOPPER but it's mainly by the wimminz I have known

jd0272

hootsmon said:

I am sometimes known as CHOPPER but it's mainly by the wimminz I have known

Still got yer child hood bike like?  

Hootsmon

he h heh

Bellycaster

octatonic said:

gusman2x said:

Yeah, fuck him. Just a nasty peice of work.

Not just a nasty piece of work- there was more to him than that (note, I am not disagreeing that he was a nasty piece of work).

My Dad had a bit to do with him- he was a cop in Australia during the 70's-90's and had a lot of stories about Chopper.

Proper nutter and a real character.

He did have a moral code, although highly individual.

 

He didn't rob or bash people who weren't already criminals themselves.

Damn it, are there no cushy jobs anymore?

;-)

jd0272

I earn my crust working with, and contributing to, the risk management of High Risk of Harm offenders/ex-offenders/service users (Jesus.....). I can appreciate both views expressed thus far entirely. Especially regarding victim empathy.

However, at least the bloke had a 'bit of something' about him. Nothing more twatful than working with some fucker who couldn't give two shits about the society around him/her, or the people in it. That's my personal opinion, not my professional one.