Monday 27 August 2007

Daily Mail & Violence

Normally I'm happy to announce myself as a regular Daily Mail reader.

However, Saturday 25th August's copy staggered me with its lack of thought: the first five pages were, quite correctly, covering the story of Rhys Davies' murder; its main magazine article about soccer 'hardman' Vinnie Jones is titled 'I may be a thug, but I'm a rich thug'.

Join the dots, children, and see that crime & violence do pay!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In fairness, Vinnie hasn't made his money from crime or violence, he made it from (initially) playing football, and (laterally) acting (the word "acting" here is used in a loose sense...)

While it is fair to say that money doesn't justify violence or crime or indeed any law-breaking, it's unfair to suggest that the Mail were saying that crime and violence do pay.