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"Santy Claus ain't coming" A man is going to die by lethal injection tonight. He is the founder of the Crips gang. I have no idea how much media attention this is getting in other places, but it is the biggest story here in California. And, for some bizarre reason, I feel the need to mention it here. Maybe it�s because I used to work at a school where gang influence and gang violence was very real. I dunno. Maybe it�s because I find the whole idea completely gut-wrenching. A man is going to die tonight. Because he did some very awful things and killed some people. Only, for the last 25 (give or take) years he has been sitting in jail not hurting anyone. I have such an issue with the death penalty. The whole idea rips at my gut. On the one hand, I don�t feel that anyone should have the power to decide that someone else deserves to die. Those things are better left to a higher authority. That�s the side of me that lives in an idealistic world where people don�t hurt each other and things like violence and wars don�t exist. But the fierce mama-bear in me sometimes feels like if some freak ever got their hands on my children I�d want them to die the slowest, most painful death imaginable. And I'd want to be there to see them suffer. How do I reconcile those two feelings? Can open. Worms everywhere. 0 comments Listening to: Reading: Eating/drinking: Do what to me?!? - April 24, 2007 Wicked funny websearch - April 05, 2007 Trot out the dogs 'n ponies - March 31, 2007 Almost done... - March 20, 2007 Who am I? - March 12, 2007 READ ME |