I take offense to the front page photo (USAToday) picturing the Washington Sniper(s). It shows the two of them mano y mano, clean cut shaven, and rather father and son wholesome handsome. I don’t want to see that. I want to see mug shots. I want to see the real deal — how they looked after sleeping in that Chevy sedan beater for the past two weeks. Any glorification only serves to encourage other nobody psycho copycats who might like to have a little (twisted) recognition. I predict it will only be days before news articles try to understand these two and get inside their heads. “What made them do this…” “Was it society’s fault…” Meanwhile those who were ,at one time or another, close to these individuals will be interviewed and quoted as saying, “They were the nicest you ever met.” They played chess you know…
I say we start with Tar and Feathers.