Was in a car crash with my mate, he was killed instantly, but I miraculously survived. Went to the funeral, managed to wrestle his body out of the open casket, and danced a little jig with him to 'Who let the dog's out?' while his family looked on in horror, bawling their eyes out. Don't know what got into them, it was his favourite tune, I had survived the accident against the odds and was celebrating this. His father was clearly upset but I explained to him that my intentions were pure, but he still punched me in the nose. Some people are on such a downer and need to cheer the f*** up.

Silly boy.

Your descripton of the video and its makers as 'crass' and 'idiots', is far more accurately held about this post and you.

Yep, definately a celebration.

The key for me is in the intentions of the makers of the video. They are not setting out to use this subject matter simply to 'shock' or cause outrage, their motives are pure.

The juxtaposition of this subject and a 'fun' video are not incompatible. I can understand why the survivor was happy to participate, and I can understand why his grandchildren were happy to do it too. Who are we to be morally outraged?

[I certainly hope he can make things right by his parents once everyone is paid and wish him well in the future.]

Neil has been slagged off a lot and quite understandably so on this thread.

I always said I would reserve to make my proper judgment until I see what happens in the aftermath of it all. If he'd run away or not responded then I'd have been bitterly disappointed in more ways than one. I may sound like a fool with this post but I genuinely don't believe he did it with any true malice. I think a desire with wanting to make money and be successful became an obsession as things weren't going as he'd planned and he let things spiral out of control as he tried to recover.


It's early days yet but I know he's already seen his doctor and been to a GA meeting and from speaking to his mum several times on the phone it really does seem like he has a great family to help him too. He's always picked up the phone or responded to stakers when questioned and it does seem like he wants to fix this as best he can. Some pieces of the puzzle have been lost but if the rest is put together you can still make out the picture.

He told me he wants everyone paid and to put this all behind him.

I certainly hope he can make things right by his parents once everyone is paid and wish him well in the future.

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This will be the true test of his sincerity.