Human Nature

I got an interesting comment on a post from an international law firm. Apparently, this person didn't actually READ the post they commented on & seemed to think it was okay to write something that wasn't even a complete sentence.

No, no, NO!!!!! Only useful discourse proving you actually read will be regarded here. If English is not your native language, I hope you've got some type of translation tool so you can read, comment in English, what have you. Not being an expert in English is not what I'm referring to; basic problems in reading comprehension, in any language, is.

Don't bother with text speak or anything proving you are a moron; I'll just get confused. I also loathe morons with a passion. One day, someone should really make a list. Call it something like "X Signs That You Are a Moron." Whatever number you want. I have no idea how many signs one could come up with to make a good list.

One thing is for sure though: if you'd condemn this man for what he proposes to do here, that's a sure sign you're a moron.

Essentially, it means you don't know a thing about human nature & have never had a close family member or friend murdered. Nor have you even known someone whose close family member or friend was the victim of a murderer.

If you'd blame this man for a second for wanting to kill a man for murdering his son & then eating his son's flesh, then you are a moron. You live in a dream world if you think the justice system is perfect and criminals are always properly punished. Snap out of it!

Let me give you a real life example: you may not know the name of Michael Hayes. However, he's a well know figure in my hometown. This man murdered a number of people by getting them to pull over and killing them while they drove down a stretch of highway. The murders happened not far from where I lived & my mother was relieved that my sister & I were not of driving age at the time he was doing this.

So when Michael Hayes was going through the criminal justice system, he plead insanity. He was locked up in a mental hospital, where I believe he remains to this day. The story was heavily publicized in my hometown & people still remember this guy vividly.

A few months back, a friend from that hometown posted a link about how the state is considering releasing this man from the mental hospital & letting him skip back out into society like nothing ever happened.

Despite the fact that he would be forbidden from living in the county where these crimes took place, a number of people I knew said that if he were ever released, then their relatives (some of whom were related to victims of this scumbag) would murder him on sight. I think some would join in just based on principle; absolutely no one I know would support this man going back out on the streets, no matter how "reformed" he was.

Just more reasons I support the death penalty after thorough investigation & knowing for a fact that someone is guilty of something based on reliable metrics. I also admit I could never be a criminal defense lawyer.

Forfeiting Your Human Rights

This just pisses me off.

Aside from the fact that I've had cats since I was a baby (literally) & have proper respect for animals, I think the laws are way too light for people who abuse & harm animals in any form or fashion.

I also take issue w/people who have children & decide that their pets should be tossed out like an old piece of furniture. Are these people going to do that to their kids when they do something Mom & Dad don't like? What if these kids come out of the closet, date someone the parents don't approve of, take drugs, start drinking, etc.? If you're not willing to toss out a child for that stuff, you can't support tossing out a pet unless you're a hypocrite. And you know, The Angry Redheaded Lawyer HATES hypocrites.

My family would never, in a trillion years, ditch a pet like that. Those pets are family members just like any human being & do not get the short end of the stick in my family. In fact, my mom claims the cats eat better than the humans do.

For all the bleeding heart liberals out there (and if you dare to call ME one, you clearly haven't read this blog or spoken to me in depth), I don't care about people who commit inhuman acts. Once you've tortured an animal, harmed a child, raped someone or done something so disgusting & so appalling that at least 80% of the population wouldn't want to live next door to you, you have forfeited your human rights. As far as I'm concerned, you should be punished in the harshest, cruelest fashion known to man. Take a cue from China, the Middle East & other countries where there are real punishments for disgusting, inhumane acts unlike in America where you get to watch cable TV with all your limbs intact unless some inmate justice occurs.

If I had my way, any act you committed against an animal would be done to you as punishment. Let's put gas on YOU and light YOU on fire. Let's shoot YOU in your own home.

Too harsh, you say? Well, would you do that to an innocent creature if someone did it to YOU? Might deter a few crimes or at least kill some people who no longer get to be members of the human race.

I don't have sympathy for certain mental issues, despite having a BA in Psych because at the end of the day you can fake a mental illness, there are many that psychologists don't know much about & recidivism rates are ungodly high for certain things. Some people CAN'T be rehabilitated, simple as that.

And, yes I'm all for vigilante justice. When the law is being ineffective or dismissive, I think you need people to fill in the cracks or those cracks will never get fixed. It's not my place to tell anyone how to feel or what to do if their loved one is harmed or killed by some random scumbag; I'd personally murder someone for even thinking of harming my cat. If you think I wouldn't, remember the story I shared about my friend bringing home the stray cat, her husband kicking the carrier w/him inside & what I did next. I believe I wrote about this in an earlier entry.

To be perfectly honest, I do have more regard for animal life than most human life, in particular human life that has personally wronged me in some way or done something inhuman. Lucky for most people, I haven't personally witnessed much animal cruelty b/c I'd probably have a viable insanity defense for doing whatever I did after seeing it.

I'm also in favor of the death penalty & think we should have televised hanging/stoning for the worst crimes b/c I feel it would be a viable deterrent. Maybe we use castration as a deterrent as well.

BUT...I do think there should be a more speedy, fair & effective appeals process. No killing anyone unless you're 100% sure or at least 90% sure the person did it. If the technology is faulty, we need to address it since there are quite a few cases where people were falsely incarcerated for a long time & DNA evidence proved their innocence. Law firms & clinics working on those cases should get more funding.

I don't pretend to have all the answers here & it's not an easy issue but I still hold strongly to not giving human rights to people who've proved they aren't human. You can bet if I got to make laws that had to be enforced without question, some people would be trembling in their socks. I may have ranted on this before but it bears repeating.

Now I'll probably go watch some of my Season 4 DVD of The Facts of Life.