So, for those out there who haven't heard about the shooting in Tuscon, Arizona, it happened. The gunman was a twenty-two-year-old man who was probably a little off in the head. After all, he talked about all these crazy ideas about currency and whatnot -- or at least that's what I've heard on the news. I myself haven't watched any of the Youtube videos or looked at the MySpace account that he had -- after all, I think that they've already taken down the MySpace account and probably the videos as well due to the fact that he killed six people, including a NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL. (Sorry, went a little Billy Mayes there, may the super-seller rest in peace.)
I think the thing that outrages me the most is the fact that he took the life of a little girl. The other people who were killed got to live their lives for the most part. And yes, it's very sad that he took the life of anyone, but at least they were older people who actually got to see the country and the world and have boyfriends and girlfriends and have jobs and cars and a real, honest and true life.
That's not to say that that sweetheart didn't have a life. She did, and from what I've heard in the interviews with the mother of the baby, she had a great life -- full of friends and fun and family. She loved school -- or at least that's what I've heard in the interviews on the news stations and in the news papers. (Since I myself haven't spoken with the mother or any of her family and/or friends, I'll probably end up saying that whole spiel several times because I'm relaying information.) If I'm not mistaken -- though I might be -- she had just been elected as her class's president in school.
That baby's life was completely and utterly cut off. And that's bullshit. I'm outraged over the whole shooting thing, please, don't get me wrong with that, but the thing that makes me physically sick is that he shot a baby in the prime of her life. How sick. How fracking messed up. No one should have their lives taken away from them in that manor, but the life of a child should be held sacred. This is going to sound mean, but there were other adults there that he could have killed. Why kill a baby? I really hope that when this dude's in prison, he gets shanked for taking that baby's life. I don't want him to die -- oh, no; that would be too easy an escape. I want him to suffer. Mostly because I'm a cruel, misanthropic. masochistic person who would rather see a criminal suffer slowly and over and over again then have a quick, painless, merciful death.
Which leads me to the next point that's probably going to piss people off. I have no problem with the death penalty as long as that person really was the one who committed the crime. But I think that "we" -- used ambiguously for the sake of ease -- should make sure that the people we place on death row and are about to execute are guilty and really did commit the crime. But don't give them luxuries that I -- a hard-working woman -- or others just as equally hard-working or more can't afford. Don't give them five-hundred channels and a well stocked weight room. Yes, I know that they need to be kept stimulated to keep them from going ape-shit crazy on the guards, but have them do laundry. Have them cook. There's woodworking. They can run outside in the yard when they get their time. Have them read old books -- and put the brand new books in school libraries so that the actual people who need them can have them.
I think that those who are truly guilty of the crimes that landed them on death row in the first place -- which is probably where this cat'll end up -- should face great deals of pain. They should be subjected to torture every single day so that, when they finally do have their lethal injection -- which some people say isn't humane; what -fucking-ever -- it will be a relief. Thank God I'm not in control of a prison or the justice system. But at least it means that, should I ever be in charge of a prison system, there will be a cut-down in the crime. People will eventually be too scared to commit the crimes eventually.
And, though I'm rambling, I swear that I'm not going to go out and shoot a bunch of people at a political rally. I'm not mentally wrong. I feel bad for this dude's parents and family. They have to lost their son as well as life with what he's done for the rest of their lives. There will be family and friends of the victims who will take their anger out on the family of this man. And for them, that family, I feel sorry for as well. But sorry isn't the word that I want to use. They shouldn't be retaliated against for the actions of this kid. It doesn't matter that this person was blood to the other people of the clan. They shouldn't have to suffer for the sins of someone else, blood or not. I feel that, if a husband goes on a killing spree, the wife shouldn't be held responsible for his actions because, unless she was there with him shooting, she had nothing to do with the whole thing.
But that's just what I happen to think.
To all the families who lost someone, young or old, I'm sorry. To the family of the man who shot everyone, I'm sorry. To the innocent and the grieving, my prayers are with you. To the dead, please rest in peace and may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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