Oh, fuck off

[andrewducker]

I'm furious about this story.

It's ot up to the Prime Minister, or anyone else, to tell people how they should feel about something. It's not up to him to tell us who we should, or shouldn't, feel sympathy for.

Do I feel a huge amount of sympathy for Raoul Moat? No. Do I feel a small amount, as I would feel for any other human being who was clearly deeply unhappy? Yes. Do I feel more for his victims and their families? Absolutely. Do I expect everyone else to share my feelings? Hell, no!

If David Cameron wants to announce that he feels no sympathy for Raoul Moat then that's his choice. But he shouldn't claim to speak for me, and he sure as hell shouldn't be telling me what I should feel.

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

I was going to make a joke about a Moat facebook page, but there is one.

Yes, completely agree. He didn't seem very callous to me.

[andrewducker]

Well, you can argue back and forth over whether shooting your ex (and two others) is a callous act. But ven if he was callous that wouldn't mean he wasn't also a deeply unhappy/troubled person.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't argue - callous is a useless word for this topic. It was the bit about how he cried '“I have not got a dad – no one cares about me.”' The problems people have don't go away just because they're carrying a gun.