Comments on: Alleged Killer on MySpace

By: now Ms Waldock

now Ms Waldock — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:31:40 +0000

Brian was a friend of our family, he has come over and played w/ my oldest son, my husband and I attended his wedding and my husband was so confortable w/ Brian that simply 1 wk before, brian was in my mother in laws home watching movies w/ TJ. What he has done … no one in my family will be able to forgive. He has take a father away from my two children. Now several months later both of them are still have nightmares of the bad man that took their father away. Yes, Brian was a good man….WAS!!!!

By: david

david — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:59:29 +0000

Why focus on the negative? Because he committed – allegedly, although the facts do not seem to be in dispute – what is considered the ultimate crime: he murdered someone.

Yes, he has many positive characteristics – family, military, etc – but if he did indeed murder a fellow man, then all of that becomes largely irrelevant. Murder is the cardinal sin, and on the “scales” of justice, there is virtually nothing that can make up for for it.

By: ZenPanda

ZenPanda — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:15:23 +0000

But the Trib only mentions his negative photos. there is no mention of his family photos or that he talked about them at all. There are only the two you have posted here that I felt were “Virginia Tech style.”
Why focus on the negative about this man? Yes, he did a terrible thing but why make it worse by showing him as an overtly evil guy BEFORE he has gone to trial. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Did the Trib mention he was military too? (Army i believe)

I do not think he is innocent nor do I condone his actions I just hate to see him tried in the media first.

I agree that they did not need to publish the photos in the paper. I also agree his written English is atrocious.

By: allyson

allyson — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:57:15 +0000

I am glad the tribune did not show the image. It is hard enough to have my 6 year old son seeing some of the less violiant photo’s with out him being worried. this I know would bother him.

By: Harley Rider

Harley Rider — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:09:57 +0000

Gotta love the grammar on the site as well. How are these kids graduating from high school with such a small grasp of the English language?