Saturday 24 October 2009
The ghouls gather
The Scotsman, which was once a serious and respectable newspaper, today runs an article headlined "Megrahi outlives six other criminals released on compassionate grounds". For those who have the stomach for it, the piece can be read here. What I do recommend is reading the comments from members of the public that follow the article. This gives a truer reflection of Scottish opinion about Mr Megrahi and about The Scotsman.
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I wonder when Labour spokesman Baker will propose the introduction of the Guillotine in cases where released persons dare to live more than three months. The Scotsman would surely hail such a proposal as inevitable.
ReplyDeleteBut in earnest: The article in the Scotsman - though unwillingly - points to a serious point: The standards of health service in prisons.
Everybody knows that cancer can be healed when detected in its early stages. That is especially true for prostate cancer where the detecting method is very simple (though not pleasant for a moment). So when Mr. Megrahi´s cancer was only detected when in a final stage it raises the question why?
Yes, I find this quite extraordinary in light of the fact that Megrahi had little else to dwell on other than himself
ReplyDeleteIsn't it interesting! A paper as well-known as the Scotsman gets such a critical introduction, complete with an endorsement of the partisan bickering reflected in the comments on the linked article. But the little-known rag called The Final Call, which happens to be the mouthpiece of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, gets echoed on this blog without the slightest warning or disclaimer.
ReplyDeleteThings must be getting pretty desperate on the European fringe...