Why Do We Honour Thugs?
The reaction on Facebook and other places to the death of Raoul Moat has been astonishing, almost to the point of being sick. David Cameron was absolutely right in Prime Minister’s Questions, yesterday. Facebook’s refusal to take pages down that make Moat a hero is typical of them, as they believe all publicity is good publicity. Moat has truly found his five minutes of fame, albeit posthumously.
From what I have read about Moat, he was the sort of man, that I would normally avoid like the plague. He had problems and had actually asked for help, but the system failed him and the people he shot, by not doing more to help him. This seems a familiar tale and could it not be said that the Cumbrian gunman, Derick Bird, had similar problems and no-one took action with disastrous consequences.
It would take a fortune to check up on everyone, who is a potential serial killer, but there are things we can do like better gun control and door-staff licencing, that might find these characters and try to sort them out in a positive way!
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