Why Are Violent Glasgow Gangsters Romanticized?

CROSS-POSTED AT HARRY’S PLACE.

The funeral procession for Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll is led by a horse-drawn carriage

FEARED gangland enforcer Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll was laid to rest yesterday – after mourners were told he had a “heart of gold”.

Any ideas?

Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun prints an obituary to Stringer Bell praising his service to small businesses.