|
|
Article: Thank heavens for bad little boys
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 3, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
It takes a long prison sentence to take the glamour away from
bad boys. Moralising and admonishing cannot do it, which may
explain why so many people are so disgruntled at the news that
Peter Kerry, who set such a bad example to his peers by running
away to Malaysia on his father's credit cards, may be rewarded by a
trip to the United States as a guest of Channel 4's The Word.
Mary Aspray, of the National Missing Person's Helpline, attacked
The Word for being "irresponsible", and worries that the glamour of
Kerry's trip will encourage other children to go missing. The Tory
MP Harry Greenway harrumphs that the boy should not be made a hero
or rewarded for his "silly, misguided and ultimately ...