Marc Martyn wrote:This tragedy is beyond comprehension. I just don't get it......... why? Are we becoming such a violent society that we are imploding within ourselves? The frequency of these incidents have been increasing dramatically in the last few years.
Yes, somewhat. (what follows is a conglomeration of my thoughts, so if you don't like bouncing around, stop reading now)
There are so many factors I can't even pretend that I could list them all.
I moved back here from Europe in March 2005 after getting out of the Army. I lived in a nice neighborhood in a $270k house. We lived there for over a year and during that year NOT ONE SINGLE 'NEIGHBOR' came over to say hi or introduce themselves.
I'd be willing to bet that many communicate with people on these forums more often than you talk to people that live within a stone's throw of your home.
Every day 'parents' let their teenage punks run around doing whatever they want, teaching them no respect, no honor, no decency - letting their sons dress like girls (those skinny pants with the whole 'emo' look) and their daughters dress like strippers. Then those same parents run to the school board when a teacher yells at THEIR kid, because THEIR kid doesn't deserve THAT kind of treatment.
You know what disrespect and no accountability as a youth turns into? Criminals when they become adults.
How many kids do you know with a father figure in their lives? A GOOD father figure, that spends more than 1 or 2 weekends a month with them? Kids with bad parents have a higher risk to grow up being bad people too. Ignorance breeds ignorance.
If you answered "lots" to that one - then dig a little deeper: How many parents do you know that BOTH work, and allow their children to be raised by the TV, internet, and the other punk kids running around with them? Or allow them to be raised by rap or rock and play video games like grand theft auto, or watch all these reality TV shows that are anything BUT real, or even worse, shows like 'sex and the city' or all the shows that glorify gang life, teenage pregnancy, etc. etc.?
What about all these idiots (yep, idiots) that think criminals can be rehabilitated? What's wrong with these morons?
Our criminal justice system is broken. It's designed to protect the criminal. Then once they are convicted they somehow manage to get out like this guy (yes, I know many of them don't actually get out) - a product of funding constraints and terrible choices by psychiatrists, judges, elected officials, parole boards - the list goes on. Lets not forget accountability- I bet these criminals wouldn't be back out if the person who let them out early was accountable when the criminal re-offends.
Who can honestly tell me that I should have to look at a website for level 3 sex offenders so I know who to look out for in my neighborhood? WHY THE HELL IS SOMEONE CONVICTED OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER ALLOWED OUT OF A CELL?
My favorite people are the gun control advocates. What criminal ever gets their gun legally?
Why is it illegal to punch someone in their face? Sure it's unsophisticated, but sometimes people need a good punch to the face - but you know, these days that could result in a shooting.
In general, people aren't held accountable for their actions and decisions - everyone feels they are "entitled" to so many things these days. I HATE that word.
Like I said, I can't list all the reasons I think things are bad, but hopefully I got your brain spinning.
I too am happy that this ...animal is now dead. Unfortunately, he was able to put his failed genetics back into the gene pool before he was removed.
