This piece of irony is more sour than delicious

As y'all do know, there is no-one who appreciates irony more than me and yesterday, during that incredible action on London Bridge, there was a major example of it and yet … and yet … perhaps I should explain. A Muslim 'nutter' went berserk with a knife on a London street, killing two people and wounding several others and yet sundry passers-by courageously decided to take the man down themselves.  My admiration for them is boundless.

However, according to The Mail, amongst these heroes - and I do not use that word lightly - was a Mr. James Ford, 42, who instead of running away from a dangerous man who might have been wearing a bomb-vest, he stayed and attended to a wounded woman.  And now comes the irony.  It transpires that Mr. Ford is, himself, a killer who had recently been early-released from a long prison term for murdering a young woman in 2004 by cutting her throat!  Sometimes, there are just no words I can think of, so once again I thank God for William Shakespeare who sums up the quandry in one brilliant phrase;

 

"What a piece of work is a man"

 

 

 

Comments

[Whitewall]

Too pathetic to even comment on. Well, just a bit. Ford on day leave and a known jihadist is loose as well? The cop that shot the terrorist will probably be prosecuted.

[Whyaxye]

It all kicked off at a Cambridge University conference on the rehabilitation of offenders, so there would have been an interesting mix of academics and hardened criminals on the scene. It's a pity that they didn't invite a few burly prison officers, who could have thumped him senseless as soon as he started shouting the usual religious nonsense.

I hope some of the liberal academics there are now having a re-think about their usual tactic of blaming anyone but the criminal. As most people in the real world know, it's hard to make excuses for human vermin once you've been on the receiving end.

[Pat]

A man can be a villain one time and a hero another. Both should be properly acknowledged. The man has a conviction and a prison sentence for his villainy. Proper acknowledgement of his heroism is due.

[JK]

https://audioboom.com/posts/7439872-london-bridge-is-stained-in-blood-tom-joscelyn