• GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukOPM
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      9 months ago

      It’s perhaps a little different than an american shooting a school.
      In one, you’ve got lots of victims, too many for one person to remember, but only one name for the killer, so it’s more likely to stick.
      In this case, I think people are going to remember the one victim. Similar to James Bulger.

      Edit: As a footnote, I had a read through the James Bulger wikipedia page after I wrote, and I really wish I hadn’t.

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      9 months ago

      Exactly. These things should not have been named or their faces publicised. They should not get attention.

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        I disagree. I doubt you or I or anyone else will remember their names. If the judge hadn’t named them, however, the British (social and perhaps tabloid) media would have become obsessed with discovering their identities.