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A case involving a murder in Saskatchewan
I called in to the local radio talk show host a while back to express my displeasure with his position on the Kim Walker murder trial and the sentence Mr. Walker deserved. John Gormley was pretty much advocating that Kim Walker get off scott free because he had rid the community of a "drug dealer" who was endangering the life of a child and being referred to as common scum among other things. Mr. Gormley even has gone so far as to promote the defence fund being set up by the Walker Family to be used for Kim Walkers appeal. It would seem that if you have good enough reason to kill some one, that's still not a good enough reason to gracefully accept life in prison. John Gormley was advocating nothing short of vigilante Justice and worse than that, socially sanctioned murder. It was unfortunate that my call with Gormley was not in the form of a fireside chat as I feel some of my statements were incomplete but thankfully not horribly misconstrued. As emotional as I think John Gormley can get, he is above that for the most part. Gormley asked me if everyone who bad stuff comes to was weighted equally in my world and I immediately referred to liquor store clerks. This was not a deflection as John Gormley understood it but rather an apt comparison in my opinion. Mr Gormley is advocating that some one be given sympathy because he murdered a drug dealer who was giving his daughter drugs that were arguably doing a hell of a number on her mind body and soul. If Mr. Walker is to be given sympathy for this and should be given a free pass, why then can we not murder alcohol dealers in an effort to save our friends and family from a life of alcoholism? Why is Robert Pickton not a hero for ridding his community of so many low life degenerate whores who endangered the community via immoral acts that increased the risks of life threatening diseases being spread among the townspeople? Why can I not go after tobacco merchants with a gun or perhaps fast food clerks? It's what? Because these dealers of ill health and morals are not worthy of murder in the eyes of society? Oh lawdy lawdy...who will SAVE me! Making moral judgments and then using those judgements to justify murder is wrong and is exceptionally interpretive. I have two step daughters and love them dearly. Would I kill some one to protect them? I hope I never have the opportunity to find out but I do suspect that the answer would be yes. So what does this mean in terms of my world view relating to Mr. Walker? Though I can sympathise a great deal with Mr. Walker, I can not respect him. Depending on how you look at it, Mr. Walker may have had the best possible reason to kill James Hayward but Mr. Walker did a lot to lose my respect. Mr. Walker lost my respect as a parent when he kicked his daughter Jada out of their home. he lost my respect as a city resident when he decided to endanger the lives of everyone nearby when he recklessly fired his handgun. He lost my respect as a human being when he decided to take the life of another. He lost my respect as a citizen when he declined to demand the maximum sentence in court for his crimes. If you have a good enough reason to murder another human being then you have a good enough reason to demand that you spend the rest of your natural life in prison. I can't respect some one who takes the life of another and then declines to take responsibility for that action. Walker has been played up in the media as a hero and not as a murderer. In playing to the public desire for a familiar story that's easy to understand, the media has provided a classic tale. The villain captured the young and helpless woman only to be rescued by Rex Banner or some other steely eyed guardian of morals and chastity. It's easy to demonize the drug dealer when he's called the drug dealer and the murderer is called Mr. Walker, a loving father and Hero of daughter Jadah. The media in rolling with its biased and emotional coverage of this story has neglected to emphasize a part of this story that deserves a great deal of attention. Mr. Walker hit James Hayward with five bullets including one in the back at point blank range. This certainly was enough to kill James Hayward and certainly the injury in the back in not indicative of self defence but that's not really a point of contention here. Mr. Walker fired his handgun ten times. Not five; ten. Where did the other five bullets go? In playing to the public desire for a hero in an emotional story which strikes at the very core of our personal moral make up, the media had to leave out the possibility of Mr. Walker killing a five year old unaware neighbour in cold blood. The media couldn't possibly have played to the idea that Mr. Walker put the residents of that community in mortal danger by firing off a handgun in blind rage or whatever emotional and mental state he claimed to be in at the time. Something tells me that Mr. Walker wouldn't be such a hero to the community if one of his five stray bullets had found an innocent human mark. Cheers
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Contributor's Note
This was taken from my blog and it relates to a case that is "Saskatchewan centric"
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