We live in
London, and since yesterday (that would be the 23d of May2013 as I type), there
has been little talk but of the recent murder of a soldier in Woolwhich, by two
people (OK, they are technically merely suspects at this time but stayed on the
scene explaining why they had done it, don’t deny it at all, and have been
videotaped. Let’s assume that they did do it).
There has
been a lot of comments, too, as is always the case in those internet days. Much
of it, alas, on the lines of the scandal that “such people” (clearly meaning
Muslims, brown or black, or any combination of those) were in Britain, that
they should all be instantly deported.
Maybe
mainstream media is no longer able to moderate its own forums (but then what
about disabling comments?), though that is an abdication of responsibility.
What was in the reports themselves was a deluge of claims that the deceased was
an absolute hero (indeed he was sporting a jumper calling for “support for
heroes”), and about the savagery of the attacks.
