Police divers hunting for missing schoolboy Jordan Trowsdale recovered a body from the river on Christmas Day , near where the boy was last seen on Christmas Eve.It seems there's always some tragedy over Christmas involving children - usually a hit and run, sometimes a fire, and the media go into misery porn over drive.
This one, however, will provide more red meat for the tabloids than usual:
Jordan, 13, said goodbye to his friends at a local skate park in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, late on Thursday afternoon with the intention of walking back to his home, less than half a mile away. The teenager had drunk four cans of strong cider during the day. His friends said he was in "high spirits".Oh oh...
Taryn Steward, 16, who was with Jordan on the afternoon he went missing, said the teenager had been in a positive mood that day: "We are all devastated. He had a few drinks that night but he was having a great time," she said. "He normally drinks two cans but he did have a bit more than usual. He could normally handle it though. "Look for Jordan to be the poster boy for the anti-alcohol brigade in the New Year...
Jordan had allegedly been drinking 'K' cider, which is around 8% in strength.
The wowsers are now the state.
ReplyDeleteYes, so adults must be prevented from purchasing such products, or at the very least taxed to the hilt. If it only saves one young life...
ReplyDeleteWhere's the connection between being drunk and drowning? I've often been drunk but that's never given me the urge to try and wade through a river rather than using a bridge.
ReplyDeleteLook for Jordan to be the poster boy for the anti-alcohol brigade in the New Year...
ReplyDeleteThat was my first thought on reading that too.
It's sad that he died, he sounded like a good kid and potential future pub-supporter (he doesn't need to be an alky to do that). However, in these days, that thought comes second to 'Oh, no, here come the bans'. Which is a reflection of what Labour have done to me as much as what they've done to everyone else.
The vultures will swoop on this, I'm sure, with fake concern hiding their glee at another new law that will do nothing to prevent future ocurrences but will make life more difficult for everyone.
In the old days, we'd have expressed our condolences and that would be that. Now, we wait for the ban.
Labour have destroyed far more than the economy.
"Where's the connection between being drunk and drowning? I've often been drunk but that's never given me the urge to try and wade through a river rather than using a bridge."
ReplyDeleteMe neither. The worst thing I ever did was shut my coat in the cab door, and when I got home and tried to get out of the opposite door, freaked out on believing myself to be suddenly paralysed...
*ahem*
I still haven't lived that one down. My cab-partner at the time won't ever let me.. ;)
"However, in these days, that thought comes second to 'Oh, no, here come the bans'. Which is a reflection of what Labour have done to me as much as what they've done to everyone else."
Yup, but in one sense, they've opened all our eyes to how the world works. Well, all those paying attention, that it.
"The vultures will swoop on this, I'm sure, with fake concern..."
Oh, the 'Fail' is already running with this angle.
Not often the 'Guardian' beats them to a moral panic in the making, though...