Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Courting the Media

Yesterday, publicity-shy murderess Karla Homolka sought out the media -- while trying to get an injunction against the media. Apparently the irony was lost on her.

Upon the 'advice of her lawyers' Homolka, describing herself as 'very private' went on to share her intimate thoughts, feelings and fears with an absolute stranger, before a television audience of at least a million viewers.

Could it be possible, rather than wanting to prevent the media scrutiny, Homolka is actually fuelling the flames of attention? If it weren't for the court challenge scheduled for September, we might just turn our minds away from her -- now, for at least the next few months there will be bits and pieces about her in the news, and then when it finally comes to court, she'll be centre stage again.

That picture of her on the front pages today looked different enough from the Karla we've seen over the past few months in the papers, that if she hadn't run to the TV studios upon her release -- it's likely no one would have recognised her. Good thing she got her mug plastered everywhere, now she's sure to get the kind of privacy she craves.

It's absolutely sickening. This was like a dating service ad for her. Calling all pervs; here I am.

It is shameful that our criminal justice system allows this felon to continue to haunt their victims and force the public to pay for the process.

canadianna

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Homolka/Teale strikes me as someone who thinks either she's gotten away with what she did..and or she believes she had no 'serious' part in these heartless crimes. This is the typical response of a socio/physcopath..truth be known..and little does she know of the 'truth,'her sentence starts now. No one has to kill her..no one has to do anything to her. Karma will do to Karla exactly what Karla did to karma. My heart is with the families of those who perished under what amounts to nothing more than this depraved womans (and I use that term loosely here), inherent badness, venom, insecurities & jelousies. Yes her family too.

I found this while googling this morning..and thought perhaps Karla herself would like to add this test to any forseeable resume she may hand over to perspective employers/friends/lovers/landlords, etc. The below is the post I found:
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While looking through my news paper this morning I found this test that they use on criminals to see if they are Physcopaths. I thought it would be fun for the rest of you guys to try it out. Be honest with your scores (I want to know who not to hang out with) If the listed trait applies to you you get a 2 for it. If it kind of applies its a 1 and if it doesnt apply then its a 0. The final score is out of 40. Go!

Physcopath Test:

Glibness/superficial charm

Grandiose sense of self-worth

Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom

Pathological lying

Conning/manipulative

Lack of remorse or guilt

Shallow affect

Callous/lack of empathy

Parasitic lifestyle

Poor behavioral control

Promiscuous sexual behavior

Early behavior problems

Lack of realistic, long-term goals

Impulsivity

Irresponsibility

Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Many short-term marital relationships

Juvenile delinquency

Revocation of conditional release

Criminal versatility

Score yourself (and be honest). Oops that last direction may ixnay Karla from the test.

Credit to:
http://216.55.163.91/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3447&sid=c46a4ceca9cd0520b0534379416f155d

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