Monday 13 June 2011

Absurdity

Take a look at the picture below and think about what these people might be in line for:






Consider their shining faces and hopeful smiles; fists and hands thrown up in excitement and expectation; the captured frame exuding togetherness as these people, previously strangers, come together to experience something fulfilling and inspiring.  Right?  It's a line-up for a new summer blockbuster or some massive concert.  Surely, just beyond the back of the frame, is a Katy Perry or Brad Paisley cut-out or some poster advertising the most recent Marvel character defecting from still life to animatronic motion.  What do these people wait for?  They wait for this:


And this:


And this:


They wait for a mother convicted of murdering her daughter.  Their raised fists and exalted expressions await the trial of a woman that murdered her child.  I have little more to say on this.  It is appalling.  It is heart-breaking.  It is utterly absurd.

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