kerry katona burgled, an idea

Kerry Katona, of Atomic Kitten and Iceland ads fame, was threatened at knifepoint whilst masked men ransacked her home.

Link to the BBC news article

This is obviously not a nice thing to happen to anyone, but I am guessing that a lot people out there will have very little sympathy, purely because she's rich and some people find her annoying.

The BBC article is a bit loaded too -

"Police have removed a Porsche and an Aston Martin from the front of the property.

The cars are to be forensically examined to see if the robbers left any clues when they stole the BMW which was also parked at the house."

- this isn't necessary, and just creates vitriol - why does a family need a Porsche, Aston and BMW anyway?

Anyway, my thought was, is that say the robbers anonymously stated what they'd be using the money for a worthy cause? Like a modern day Robin Hood. I wonder what level of support they would garner from the public?

If they only targeted easily hatable celebrities - for example:

Stealing money from Pete Doherty, to give to drug abuse charities

Stealing one of Jeremy Clarkson's large-engined cars and selling it to pay for solar water heating in developing nations?



I also wonder what the media reaction to them would be like. Since I wouldn't advocate crime in any way, would there be any legal and less extreme ways to do this?

For example, a TV show where aggravating celebs go on trial for their excessive ways and get made to change their behaviour or face fines?

With all respect to celebs, our world is facing a basic problem of everyone in the West leading excessive, wasteful lives, that no amount of recycling plastic bags is going to solve. We need to work out a way of making irresponsible excess, and those who glamourise it, uncool.