[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

People put flowers up at side of the road where people have been killed some from speeding or drunk driving.

Leave them up, be old news next month.

Flowers left for innocent victims at the scene of an accident is a light-year away from flowers left for a perpetrator at his VICTIMS home.

And in the former, there can be NO doubt that the 'motive' behind leaving the flowers is Love, Sympathy and Remembrance, while, in the case of the latter, the motive behind leaving flowers is highly DUBIOUS.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Flowers left for innocent victims at the scene of an accident is a light-year away from flowers left for a perpetrator at his VICTIMS home.

And in the former, there can be NO doubt that the 'motive' behind leaving the flowers is Love, Sympathy and Remembrance, while, in the case of the latter, the motive behind leaving flowers is highly DUBIOUS.

In this country laying flowers at a scene where people or someone has died in an accident or murder is the normal thing.

This burglary cost him his life and yet this countries justice system let's child killers live luxury.

Bad news travels faster than good news.

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

In this country laying flowers at a scene where people or someone has died in an accident or murder is the normal thing.

This burglary cost him his life and yet this countries justice system let's child killers live luxury.

Bad news travels faster than good news.

As Kirk said there are definitely circumstances. Say somebody shot 5 people and then themself I would think it inappropriate to lay flowers for the shooter along with flowers for the innocent victims.

This man is no victim, he was a criminal who preyed on the vulnerable and his death occured as a result of his immoral act at an innocent persons home, his family should not be allowed to go to the house. If they were decent people they would mourn on theirown property not return to the scene where their relative had commited his crimes.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

As Kirk said there are definitely circumstances. Say somebody shot 5 people and then themself I would think it inappropriate to lay flowers for the shooter along with flowers for the innocent victims.

This man is no victim, he was a criminal who preyed on the vulnerable and his death occured as a result of his immoral act at an innocent persons home, his family should not be allowed to go to the house. If they were decent people they would mourn on theirown property not return to the scene where their relative had commited his crimes.

He could be the devil himself, but it's not a crime to lay flowers, regardless of the moral rights and wrongs.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

He could be the devil himself, but it's not a crime to lay flowers, regardless of the moral rights and wrongs.

I agree that it is NOT a crime to lay flowers but it is NOT the act of laying the flowers that are being criticised, it is the LOCATION of where they are laying the flowers AND the glaringly dubious MOTIVATION behind that CHOICE of location.

If those laying the flowers are doing so only out a NEED to pay respects to the dead burglar, then - as A.J and others have said - there are better locations where they could do so, but to choose THAT specific location - in light of the threats made to the victims of the burglary and the fact that this INNOCENT old couple were FORCED from their home by those threats - then it is OBVIOUSLY wrong on all counts and raises suspicion as to the GENUINE motivations of those leaving flowers.

RESPECTING the dead is OVERSHADOWED when such an act DISRESPECTS the living.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

In this country laying flowers at a scene where people or someone has died in an accident or murder is the normal thing.

This burglary cost him his life and yet this countries justice system let's child killers live luxury.

Bad news travels faster than good news.

The flowers weren't laid where he died. According to media reports he died a few streets away. They weren't laid on the pavement or kerb, they were attached to someones fence.

And seriously? Who went into a pensioners home in the dark with a screwdriver? What do you think he was planning to do with that screwdriver in the dark a bit of D I Y? He planned to use it as a weapon. He came unstuck and it was entirely his own fault.