Thursday, August 24, 2006
Killer Apprehended; "He Was Such a Nice Boy"
This is a standard problem with the American media: when some nutjob goes off and kills people, they have to find out who he was, and why he may have done this. One thing we almost always get is an interview with someone who knows the nutjob, and they say, "I cannot understand why he did his - he is such a nice, quiet boy."
Yeah, right. He was so quiet and nice that he took several lives. Give us hellraisers next door every time, right?
Suspected Killer Nabbed Near Va. Tech
This reminds us of a skit on Saturday Night Live some years ago:
Buckwheat Dead
This is a standard problem with the American media: when some nutjob goes off and kills people, they have to find out who he was, and why he may have done this. One thing we almost always get is an interview with someone who knows the nutjob, and they say, "I cannot understand why he did his - he is such a nice, quiet boy."
Yeah, right. He was so quiet and nice that he took several lives. Give us hellraisers next door every time, right?
Suspected Killer Nabbed Near Va. Tech
A manhunt for an escaped convict suspected in the slayings of a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy shut down the Virginia Tech campus on the first day of classes Monday as sharpshooters were posted on university rooftops and students scrambled for safety.
Authorities later captured William Morva, 24, after he was found hiding in a briar patch along a trail off-campus, Blacksburg Police Chief Kim Crannis said. The spot was about 150 yards from where the sheriff's deputy was slain during the intense search Monday morning. A weapon also was recovered, but police would not elaborate.
[...]
Akio Robrecht, 27, of Blacksburg, said Morva was a couple years behind him in school. Morva "seemed like a nice, quiet kid," he said. "It's kind of hard to believe."
This reminds us of a skit on Saturday Night Live some years ago:
Buckwheat Dead
Ted Koppel: Everyone who knew him called him a loner: a quiet young man.
[CUT to photo of a simple church.]
Ted Koppel: Stutts attended Sunday School at the Mercy Seat Baptist Church.
[A black minister sits at a desk with a Roman collar.]
Minister: He was a loner, and a quiet young man. He attended church, and Sunday School. I remember he was always very polite.
Ted Koppel: Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?
Minister: Oh, yes. Definitely. That’s all he talked about.
