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SORRY you were UPSET

Dec 26th, 2019 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Jolyon Maugham QC’s fox-smashing exploit has garnered him considerable attention, and not the good kind. Maybe being a preening sadist isn’t such a great marketing ploy after all?

Had a difficult Christmas? Feeling a bit low today? At least you didn’t jump out of bed and bludgeon a fox to death with a baseball bat.

— Jack Appleby #IStandWithMaya (@jackappleby) December 26, 2019

"I'm sorry I tweeted about killing the fox. I'm not sorry I killed the fox, but I'm worried my tweeting about it has damaged my reputation. Rest assured I would never want to do anything to sabotage my own social standing. Hope this makes everyone feel better."

— Dan Fisher (@Fisher_Download) December 26, 2019

This is likely a criminal offence, contravening the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. You cannot bludgeon to death a fox that is merely caught in chicken wire.

It is, without a doubt, inhumane and cruel. It is also, quite possibly, entirely criminal. https://t.co/qjdP377eDY

— Lawrence Newport Avant-garde G (@Law_Rhetoric) December 26, 2019

Sorry to those upset by my tweet. My chickens were very distressed by the fox – both before and after I'd despatched it – and I wanted it out of the way quickly.

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) December 26, 2019

So I smashed it with a club.

2 Responses to “SORRY you were UPSET”

#1
tigger_the_wing
December 27, 2019 at 1:12 pm

That’s the thing with sociopaths; it doesn’t occur to them that anyone else might view their actions in a different light.
#2
iknklast
December 27, 2019 at 2:36 pm

That’s the thing with sociopaths; it doesn’t occur to them that anyone else might view their actions in a different light.

And we do seem to have a lot of those around lately.