Raoul Moat has too many friend requests on Facebook!

My Suggestion to Northumbria Police on How to Entice Raoul Moat Out of Hiding

I have been reliably informed that Raoul Moat now "has too many friend requests" on Facebook.

May I suggest that, instead of the rather uninspiring message to him beseeching him to give himself up and to "think of his children and the future", that your next message to him is along the lines of:

"Raoul Moat. Your life is worth living. You now have too many Facebook friend requests. This means that if you accepted them all you would have more than 5000 Facebook friends and would require a fan club. This means that your life is worth living and that people are interested in you and some of them perhaps genuinely admire you, however twisted their reasons.

If you don't believe us, go into the nearest internet cafe and check this out yourself.

We promise to let you accept all your friend requests and start your own fan club before we take you into police custody."

Apparently, he has had a few fan clubs for a few days now at http://www.facebook.com/pages/raoul-moat-could-have-got-further-in-the-world-cup-than-england/135942706435303?ref=mf and at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=135966699761019&v=wall&ref=ts

A few choice comments:

Chris Humble: "i am suprised more blokes don`t go nuts like this , how many times do you here about women taking house , kids , car , money , pets and leaving working class blokes with now`t !! then rubbing it in with a dovorce party in his house ... !!!"

Nick Griffin's Tweet and the British Quality of Justice (that should not be "strained")

http://twitter.com/nickgriffinmep

Tweeted Nick Griffin today:

"Second killer on run with a shotgun in a month suggests that the financial crisis is starting to cause real strain in society. Britain going mad. It's not the gentle place it used to be. Such a shame."

While I disagree with the Chairman that Derrick Bird and Raoul Moat's grievances are anything to do with the financial crisis, I do think there is a theme of "No Justice, No Peace" running through the stories of both men.  They are clearly very angry about the legal system, the behaviour of the police and the quality of justice they received from the government.  


Many non-serial killers are too.  Let us hope the government does not push too many of us beyond the limit with which we will not put. 

The quality of mercy is not strained (The Merchant of Venice, IV.1)
The beginning of Portia’s famous speech is often quoted, but it is so familiar that many people never consider what it actually means. It’s often vaguely assumed to mean “mercy can spread a long way”, or “it’s not difficult to be merciful”, but I would suggest that in fact the meaning of “strained” is closer to our modern sense “restrained”. In its context, the line would therefore mean “mercy is not subject to control by man’s laws.”

Read more at Suite101: Misunderstood Shakespeare: Famous But Frequently Misapplied Quotations from The Bard http://shakespeareantheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/misunderstood_shakespeare#ixzz0symRAoGe

 Mercy is of course a crucial ingredient of Justice.