Alex In Wonderland

Vilification and Necessity

Greetings occasional reader.

I am a fan of the press in the country (chokes on drink). They are intelligent and unbiased (turns purple).

Let's face it - they are utter arses. Their lead stories seem to be the vilification of these people who attempted the bombings last week. Pardon me? They are attempting the demonification of these people why exactly? Let me digress.

These people attempted to blow up a whole bunch of people in a copycat attack of the one on the 7th July. Do they need to be painted as anything other than callous idiots preying on the innocent? One of the bombers was a petty drug dealer, the other apparently claimed benefits. So? I don't care. They could have been model citizens prior to this, but the fact that they attempted this cowardly act makes them monsterous and demonic in my eyes anyway.

Report something factual please press people. Don't attempt to make these people seem worse than they are. You are wasting your time.

In another side note I am wondering how my US readers reacted to the shooting of the man in London by the police they suspected of being a suicide bomber. Liberal? No. It is tragic that the man turned out to be innocent, but wearing a heavy coat, carrying a rucksack and then not stopping when the police apparently shouted "Stop! Armed police! Get down on the ground now!" from the top of the Tube station, down the stairs and then onto the train (and any of you who have been on the London Underground know how far that is) PARTICULARLY after these bombing incidents just proves that Darwin was right.