Comments on: UK serial killer http://www.diaryofawebsite.com/blog/2006/12/uk-serial-killer/ Diary of a website : design by caffeine Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:58:23 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-beta2 By: Natalie http://www.diaryofawebsite.com/blog/2006/12/uk-serial-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-3179 Natalie Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:38:16 +0000 http://www.diaryofawebsite.com/blog/2006/12/uk-serial-killer/#comment-3179 To a greater extent I agree with most of what you say above. I do think however that the UK does tend to have a bit of knee jerk reaction to anything 'out of the ordinary' and for us, a serial killer is out of the ordinary. I think perhaps the level of hysteria which tends to happen after such a event, and the media frenzy that comes with it is questionable - and for certain unbalanced sections of society could actually exercerbate the problem for those that are searching to make some kind of point (however distateful and morally wrong that point may be). As for the the prostitutes, although I of course do not condone what has happened to them in any way, all sex workers live with, and have historically lived with, the threat of personal harm and as large sections of 'society' tend to find their profession morally objectionable, crimes against them seem to get brushed under the carpet becasue of this precedent. This is not right - all sections of society deserve a duty of care, but unless there is a massive shift in thinking by both the government and by society I somehow doubt this situation is going to change. I do have to wonder however what a 19 year old was doing streetwalking, but then perhaps I live in a nice hazy middle class bubble. To a greater extent I agree with most of what you say above. I do think however that the UK does tend to have a bit of knee jerk reaction to anything ‘out of the ordinary’ and for us, a serial killer is out of the ordinary.

I think perhaps the level of hysteria which tends to happen after such a event, and the media frenzy that comes with it is questionable – and for certain unbalanced sections of society could actually exercerbate the problem for those that are searching to make some kind of point (however distateful and morally wrong that point may be).

As for the the prostitutes, although I of course do not condone what has happened to them in any way, all sex workers live with, and have historically lived with, the threat of personal harm and as large sections of ‘society’ tend to find their profession morally objectionable, crimes against them seem to get brushed under the carpet becasue of this precedent. This is not right – all sections of society deserve a duty of care, but unless there is a massive shift in thinking by both the government and by society I somehow doubt this situation is going to change.

I do have to wonder however what a 19 year old was doing streetwalking, but then perhaps I live in a nice hazy middle class bubble.

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