An eye for an eye?
I'll maybe try not making so many angry, sweeping statements this fine day. After all, it is sunny, which is something we haven't seen much of so far this year (decade).
I came across a story which made me cringe today. It's THIS, about William Morva, a guy who's just been sentenced to death for killing a couple of people during an attempted jailbreak. The fact that he's my age, and looks so young under all that hair, is weird.
Not that I think his age excuses what he did, murdering two people is no laughing matter, but is having him put down really the answer?
The father of one of the victims came out with a real nugget: "Harold McFarland said after Thursday's verdict that he is not a vengeful person but that he thought the death penalty was appropriate in certain cases. 'Thisis one of them,' he said."
I have to say, it doesn't get much more vengeful than wanting someone dead.
It's a totally understandable point of view, the man's just lost his son under awful circumstances, but you do have to wonder. When will we, as a species, move on from the eye for an eye way of thinking?
It's interesting, too, to look at what he'd done to be in prison in the first place. He was there on attempted robbery charges, which is bad enough, but it's thought that prison fucked with his head so much that he reckoned death would be better. Wow.
So, is this a case of prisons being too shitty (although at the end of the day it's a fucking prison and not supposed to be fun, what with the whole punishment thing)? Or is it just that Morva was a pussy who couldn't take responsibility for his actions and swallow the consequences?
Whatever, it made me think…
I also found that this band, Gay For Johnny Depp, has one of the greatest names in the history of band names. The music's not really to my taste, that kind of screamie vocal, which sounds more like a teenager throwing a tantrum than anything else, really doesn't appeal to me. If you're going to distort your voice with shouting and cookie-monstering, get it right. Try not to sound like a pubescent delinquent whining about his pocket money.
Boi.
I came across a story which made me cringe today. It's THIS, about William Morva, a guy who's just been sentenced to death for killing a couple of people during an attempted jailbreak. The fact that he's my age, and looks so young under all that hair, is weird.
Not that I think his age excuses what he did, murdering two people is no laughing matter, but is having him put down really the answer?
The father of one of the victims came out with a real nugget: "Harold McFarland said after Thursday's verdict that he is not a vengeful person but that he thought the death penalty was appropriate in certain cases. 'Thisis one of them,' he said."
I have to say, it doesn't get much more vengeful than wanting someone dead.
It's a totally understandable point of view, the man's just lost his son under awful circumstances, but you do have to wonder. When will we, as a species, move on from the eye for an eye way of thinking?
It's interesting, too, to look at what he'd done to be in prison in the first place. He was there on attempted robbery charges, which is bad enough, but it's thought that prison fucked with his head so much that he reckoned death would be better. Wow.
So, is this a case of prisons being too shitty (although at the end of the day it's a fucking prison and not supposed to be fun, what with the whole punishment thing)? Or is it just that Morva was a pussy who couldn't take responsibility for his actions and swallow the consequences?
Whatever, it made me think…
I also found that this band, Gay For Johnny Depp, has one of the greatest names in the history of band names. The music's not really to my taste, that kind of screamie vocal, which sounds more like a teenager throwing a tantrum than anything else, really doesn't appeal to me. If you're going to distort your voice with shouting and cookie-monstering, get it right. Try not to sound like a pubescent delinquent whining about his pocket money.
Boi.
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