Mike Weir

[stevefoster]

He may have been a total arse over the whole OMM thing but hes still a fellow human being with a wife and family and we shouldnt wish anyone ill

Well said mate, he's not a serial killer or a paedophile or a traffic warden

[FellJunior]

He may have been a total arse over the whole OMM thing but he's still a fellow human being with a wife and family and we shouldn't wish anyone ill

Totally agree. While there is a disturbingly satisfying irony about this latest incident, the past is the past. His actions in these extreme situations have lacked good judgement. In future, his opinions in these matters will count for nothing and should be ignored. And that's all.
Thank goodness he didn't have any of his children in the tractor cab with him.

[Aardvark]

It's Mark, not Mike.

I should know as I had a limited edition (of one) t-shirt made up after the 2008 OMM with his comment printed on the back.

Also, if you say 'Mike Weir' it can sound like 'My Queer', of which he certainly is not.

Noor
Apologies for my mistake with his name. A genuine error.

As for your other observation, it never occured to me.

[Stagger]

He may have been a total arse over the whole OMM thing but hes still a fellow human being with a wife and family and we shouldnt wish anyone ill

Nice thoughts CCR but wasted on this chap. He does not give two hoots about the area he live's in, just his self centered belief's.

[Mud]

No, CCR is right.

We should be nice to people, even if we don't think they are nice people.

[Skids]

I agree. He is guilty of nothing more than being a shameless self publicist, which for a successful businessman (which he undeniably is) must be pretty common. He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness. In the actual event, it became another excuse for media exposure, albeit on a pretty local scale. His comments re the OMM likewise served to help publicise the event (no such thing as bad publicity blah blah), whilst putting off nobody who was serious enough to give it a go. Give the guy a break!

[stevefoster]

We should be nice to people, even if we don't think they are nice people.

Not easy sometimes, but the right thing to do, clearly put Mud
Ain't we Fellrunners supposed to be friendly? To everyone, not just each other

[Chris K]

''He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness.''
If this is right, you'd have thought he would have said so to Border TV, instead of looking a bit daft. Mind that could be just the way the report was put together.

[Skids]

''He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness.''
If this is right, you'd have thought he would have said so to Border TV, instead of looking a bit daft. Mind that could be just the way the report was put together.

Well, that's what it said in the local paper...not always a paragon of accurate journalism, granted.

[Toreador]

He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness.

That's what MW says anyway. His track record of accurate reporting is of course unblemished