If comment is appropriate, I can't see a problem. Sometimes, web threads cover subjects that are less palatable than others.
Edited to add;
"PN, I suppose you're right in that, once the link to the news of the sentence is given, any further discussion is probably unnecessary and invariably inflammatory. If it can be kept respectful and constructive, then carry on. I fear that will be difficult to maintain!"
If that's the case, the thread/s concerning the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash would also have been locked early.