Many years ago, I knew a young lady - intelligent, but awkward and homely - who spent years building up an alternate persona online.
Others are just sad and lonely and find it easier to create a false life rather than live their own. Some are delusional and actually believe they are the heroes they pretend they are. Lock ’em up and throw away the key for all I care.īut there’s another kind of person who does this sort of thing: the deeply troubled. These people deserve nothing but contempt. Rational, if cynical and twisted, people who do it for some concrete gain - fame, money, sex, influence, whatever. There are two kinds of impostors out there. There are real life soldiers, sailors and aircrew, not to mention hundreds of thousands of veterans, who deserve our attention. Rather than piling on, the better response is to feel badly for him, and then forget about him. That’s why it’s illegal, and that’s why it should be illegal.īut before we string Gervais up the nearest tree, we need to take a moment and remind ourselves of something very important: There is a very, very good chance that Gervais is a sick man, not an evil one, whose life has been ruined by this. They deserve all the respect and adulation they get from the public, and it’s sickening to think that someone would seek to steal any of that attention from them. Captain Jenkins steps out into the street, approximately fifty yards in front of Ron's. There is no excuse to ever, ever impersonate one of our brave Canadian warriors. Military tank appears from an alley way in front of him.
That’s what his harshest critics will think, including the morons allegedly threatening to harm him. He tried to steal the honour and public respect only properly accorded to those who’ve served. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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