Re: [OT] Insightful (re: Amish shooting)
This is one of the most important issues of our lives. These stories happen so frequently today (the rape and murder of young women) that it becomes just a "ho hum" story on the news.
I want to SCREAM at the news reporters when they blandly state about an 8 YEAR OLD GIRL in the news yesterday: "He murdered her parents, stole her and her brother, murdered her brother, raped her for 2 weeks, blah, blah, blah. Now on to entertainment news! Tell us what us whats up with Jennifer Anniston!" This one guy they reported yesterday, "did the right thing" by reaching a plea bargain that spared the 8 year old from having to testify. In return, he gets life in prison, instead of the death penalty.
The words "did the right thing" and that guys name should NEVER be in the same sentence. In fact, I don't think that sparing her from testifying was necessarily in her best interests. In 10 years, she may still be traumatized by the fact that this guy is alive somewhere, getting up in the morning, having scrambled eggs and hash browns with a cup of coffee at the expense of tax payers. It may give her more closure to know that the rest of society viewed what he did as so satanicly vile that society demanded his life.
Until our society gets it priorities straight and someone stands up with the courage to put these guys to DEATH, we get what we deserve. Or, as your sig says:
"You deserve what you tolerate"
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