A week where the darker side of man seems to have reared its head with regards to kids.
This week has seen the potential sending back to jail of James Bulger's killer, a potential sighting of Madeline McCann and a kidnapping of a British kid in Pakistan. The big issue surrounding the Bulger case was that his killers had been released into the freedom of the world, but reinvented and effectively made invisible. People may see the logic to this decision but the current one frustrates some people, not least James's mother. He has been arrested again but not even James's mother has been allowed to know the reason why, or any indication of his identity. The point was raised that once someone spots him back in prison this info will be leaked anyway, with worse consequences for him on the inside. The potential reasons for him being arrested are that he returned to Merseyside, where he was never to return to, or that he has contacted his once close friend, Robert Thompson. Either way it begs the question, did the justice system fix these clearly broken children? Are they actually rounded, safe individuals now? Not allowing the public or those close to his victim know why he has been arrested allows people to assume it could be an equally dark act that has landed his back in the potential slammer. There was also a reported potential sighting of Maddy McCann this week in Australia, however these reports have now been confirmed as a false alarm. It does however show that people don't give up, and also that the portugese policeman that has written a book saying the McCanns knew Maddy was dead and covered it up, is a dick!
Last weekend saw the potential career shattering end to the season for Aaron Ramsey. I shall not dwell on this too much but those that saw it will know its bad. The third incident of a broken leg for Arsenal players in as many years showed either we have osteoporotic players or teams are told to go heavy on us. It is a massive shame as we lose an amazing talent and Shawcross gets away easily. Will the footballing community respond in a constructive manner, not likely. Anything Arsenal do is always blasted across the media (Gallas at Bolton, Eduardo diving against Celtic) however anything done against us goes basically unmentioned. I dont know if its something we said but the media clearly has an opinion of Arsenal that doesnt work in our favour. Anyway, enough from me till next week!
Scotty
