Monday, August 21, 2006
weirdness
As if the whole Jonbenet Ramsey thing wasn't weird enough, the retrieval of the suspect from Thailand (well, he's not from Thailand, he was in Thailand) is in the same realm of absurdity as the whole case. They let him change shirts? dine on liver pate and drink champagne? have a press conference with newspaper photographers shouting questions and snapping away as if he were the new "it" celeb? I have whiplash. Go ahead and speed twenty miles over the limit in any town in the America, get stopped, ask a couple of questions like "gee, was I really going that fast?" or "could I have a copy of the report, officer?" and see whether you get treated politely, let alone lavishly. I'm guessing that not too many burglars are given champagne while they're being driven to their arraignment after being picked up, although maybe someone will tell me they had a different experience. So here's the scoop: whack a convenience store owner over the head and steal money from the cash register and you'll get slammed into a police cruiser and thrown into a urine-smelly jail; confess (truthfully or not) to killing a cute little white girl many years ago in a puzzling scenario and you'll get fancy food and a luxurious airplane ride. Where is Cole Porter when we need him ("the world has gone mad today and black's white today and day's night today...")?

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Blogger steven edward streight — at 10:12 PM, August 21, 2006:
The media and law enforcement providing pomp and festivity for their celebrity killer?

I still hold Patsy Ramsey responsible for making her tiny child resemble a 30 year old hooker.

Patsy is guilty of child endangerment.
 

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