Back in December I commented about awarding State funerals to celebrities see here , and it appears not much has changed since? Lionel Rose was recently awarded a taxpayer funded State funeral, and included in the mourners paying public tribute were none other than Premier Ted Baillieu.....as well as notorious thugs like Mick Gatto and Jeff Fenech.
While my views on awarding State funerals to celebrities are well known, what is not so well known is that the current recipient had a terrible cloud hanging over him. In October 2004 he was alleged to have sexually abused an 11 year old girl read it here , his conduct was allegedly so bad that even the Herald-Sun chose not to publish the details.
While this matter never went to court, it surely was a big enough cloud over Rose's reputation that a Premier of the State would want nothing to do with him? It's a question of judgement (not guilt or innocence), and the Premier failed miserably on this occasion.
So no doubt we'll continue to memorialise celebrities and sports people, completely white washing their past evils. No doubt then that when one very famous ex footballer dies, no one will remember that he (for all intents and purposes) killed a girl in his hotel room, while I didn't see anyone mentioning the late Bob Davis' criminal activities either?
And I don't expect things to change anytime soon either?
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