I asked a friend, “Hypothetically speaking if Lance Armstrong were not alive, and his Tour de France deceit was exposed –  how might it have been treated differently?  I thought of this with Mr. Saville in mind (I have stripped him of Sir even if Cameron can’t). There is something about moral culpability that shifts when someone is alive versus when they are six feet in the ground.

Serendipitously, I came across an article the following day commenting on the two disgraced culprits.
What was interesting (or likely I just became more sensitive) to the copious amount of corruption, deceit, and wrongdoing, is rampant in the world and sexed-up in media: TV personalities, athletes, businessmen, bankers, journalists, politicians – you name it.  Sure, our very human nature can be at fault, but whatever the rational for their wrongdoing – the media enjoys ascribing blame (as they know we just love seeing criminals get caught and punished).

And so when those exposed of evil are still alive, we as citizens can take front row and witness their shame.  We can demand for an explanation or a reaction no matter how feeble it may be.  Case in point, (Sir – Seriously?) Conrad Black making a complete douche of himself – threatening or at least saying that he would bash a BBC reporter’s face in.  Check it out for yourself here