Re: Barry George found Not Guilty
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:33 am
I watched the programme about Hawkwind last night. Depending on your poiint of view it was a band full to the brim with weirdos but so what ? If someone is into Morris Dancing or Civil War Re-enactment does that make them a weidro? How about line dancing ? I seem to remember in the thread about Max Moseley there was a lot of support for his right to privacy and I can't recall anyone calling him a weirdo and yet his behaviour was hardly conventional.
It might comfort you to think that it's always the weirdos who perpetrate the headline grabbing crimes but I doubt this is true. Outwardly Dennis Neilsen, Sutcliffe, Fred West weren't weirdos - they only became so after the fact when more was known about them, but until then they were a clerk, a lorry driver and a builder.
Why not show a bit more compassion towards someone like Barry George? Do you not understand that there are well documented medical conditions and learning disabilities which are part of the story of who he is? You've probably all got mates who exaggerate and embellish stories and tell 'tall tales' and yet you see nothing sinister in this. Barry George makes you feel better about who you think you are, but why does that need so much validation ?
It might comfort you to think that it's always the weirdos who perpetrate the headline grabbing crimes but I doubt this is true. Outwardly Dennis Neilsen, Sutcliffe, Fred West weren't weirdos - they only became so after the fact when more was known about them, but until then they were a clerk, a lorry driver and a builder.
Why not show a bit more compassion towards someone like Barry George? Do you not understand that there are well documented medical conditions and learning disabilities which are part of the story of who he is? You've probably all got mates who exaggerate and embellish stories and tell 'tall tales' and yet you see nothing sinister in this. Barry George makes you feel better about who you think you are, but why does that need so much validation ?