Well, it appears that we DO have capital punishment in this country. But we even save the money necessary to employ a Pierrepoint, and just let murderers do away with themselves. First Fred West, now Huntley.
Indeed, it now appears that only innocent people, like Michael Stone and poor Barry Bulsara, will live for very long in prison. Maybe its a survival of the fittest? If you aren’t dead within a few years, chances are you’re probably innocent.
In related, the news about Huntley has given the TV channels a chance to show lots of footage of Holly and Jessica playing. Seemingly, Holly (or is it Jessica?) never took off her ManUre shirt, (though the new sponsors will probably be asking for their names to be put over the word ‘Vodafone’ on the shirt—they did buy image rights, after all).
This morning, Sky showed footage of the two, with two of their friends, playing on a slide. With a supermarket trolley. Indeed, pushing the trolley down the slide. And then playing ‘golf’ on what was doubtless a public park where ball games would be banned.
Such activity, of course, is regarded as ’sweet’. Only, do that sort of thing today and you’re likely to end up with an ASBO. Stealing supermarket trolleys? Pushing them down slides? Pure vandalism. Under Blair’s new rules, they’d probably have been identified and tagged as trouble-makers even before they were born. .
He didn’t die. So, according to your theory, he could be innocent. He had a good go but our prison officers want him to suffer for a few more years. With a bit of luck he will have posioned his liver or something and die a slow and lingering death.
Comment by Dave Petterson — September 6, 2006 @ 1:51 pm