I do not particularly want to go into too much detail incase someone is more involoved with the story and it upsets somebody. But here is the scenario for you in a nutshell;
In the area where I live there was a guy who was scum, I mean complete and utter scum who generally spent his days making other peoples lives a misery to the best of his abilities. Whilst I never had any personal run ins, or dealings, with the guy I heard all the stories and everyone knew the lout that the guy was. Think lazy, benefit living, scummy chav and you about have the picture. Suffice to say the guy was not liked in the community.
Well a while ago the same guy above was murdered. He was apparently walking home from the pub when he saw some bloke kicking the **** out of his girlfriend. He intervened to help the lass and the bloke pulled a knife and stabbed him to death. A very horrible and unfortunate thing to happen to anyone. The guy was only in his mid twenties when he was killed.
So I was reading the local paper and there was a couple of pages of a tribute to the guy about how much of a hero he was, and how he was a great man with people singing his praises. Totally forgotten was the years of abues and loutish behaviour that the guy had perviously commited in the community. The only time he would have previsouly appeared in the local paper was a a report on his recent misdamenour or in the court round ups.
Personally I have no real interest in the story, I never or neither did any of my family or friends have in any run ins with the guy when he was alive. I do however find it strange that through his one action he has been turned into a "great" person whereas before he could not really have been any worse thought of.
So my question to you OcUK peeps is; Can one good act be sufficent to redeem you for years of bad ones? Was his actions of trying to defend a woman enoguh to redeem his character? Not even case specific answer if you want, do you believe that one good act is enough to negate the bad in your life? As I say it his horrible that the bloke died, I just find the reaction to his death the stange thing.
In the area where I live there was a guy who was scum, I mean complete and utter scum who generally spent his days making other peoples lives a misery to the best of his abilities. Whilst I never had any personal run ins, or dealings, with the guy I heard all the stories and everyone knew the lout that the guy was. Think lazy, benefit living, scummy chav and you about have the picture. Suffice to say the guy was not liked in the community.
Well a while ago the same guy above was murdered. He was apparently walking home from the pub when he saw some bloke kicking the **** out of his girlfriend. He intervened to help the lass and the bloke pulled a knife and stabbed him to death. A very horrible and unfortunate thing to happen to anyone. The guy was only in his mid twenties when he was killed.
So I was reading the local paper and there was a couple of pages of a tribute to the guy about how much of a hero he was, and how he was a great man with people singing his praises. Totally forgotten was the years of abues and loutish behaviour that the guy had perviously commited in the community. The only time he would have previsouly appeared in the local paper was a a report on his recent misdamenour or in the court round ups.
Personally I have no real interest in the story, I never or neither did any of my family or friends have in any run ins with the guy when he was alive. I do however find it strange that through his one action he has been turned into a "great" person whereas before he could not really have been any worse thought of.
So my question to you OcUK peeps is; Can one good act be sufficent to redeem you for years of bad ones? Was his actions of trying to defend a woman enoguh to redeem his character? Not even case specific answer if you want, do you believe that one good act is enough to negate the bad in your life? As I say it his horrible that the bloke died, I just find the reaction to his death the stange thing.
