I never understood the mentality of wishing the repeated rape of a juvenile, no matter what they have been accused of doing. So odd.
It's simply the initial, visceral response to a horrible tragedy. In a forum such as this, where posts are typically brief, many of us try to find common ground by venting our grief and hoping, at the end of the day, justice can be found for a very unjust act.
In reality, I know there is far more to take into account. At this point, I don't know anything about the 15 year old's family. Is it a healthy background, or a heinous one? Was he abused, and was he simply dishing out that abuse to another? Did he hang out with friends who nullified his parents' attempts to teach personal responsibility? Or was he just a horny teenage motherfucker whose balls over-rode his brain? We don't know. And we may never know the full story, what with media reporting nowadays. When available, I wade through police interviews, warrants, court briefs, etc., to learn as much of the story as possible before drawing a conclusion. Most time, those sources aren't available for cases such as these.
Is the fucker getting raped in jail a solution to the problem? I know it's not. Will his death deliver genuine justice for his act? I don't know. At the same time, will there ever be a good solution for truly rehabilitating dangerous criminals? Only when corporations and politicians can benefit from it, the way they currently benefit from building more prisons and incarcerating more people for victimless crimes, will rehabilitative programs be designed to help people. Right now, fucking jails help perpetuate crime by making violent criminals even more violent. So, I know the 15 year old isn't going to get positive reinforcement by getting fucked in the ass any more than it would help me become a better person.
On the other hand, if I wrote nice flowery discourses like this one, many DDers would be telling me I'm soft and don't care about justice for the victim's family, and maybe I'm even a tard defender (which I'm called anyway for liking
@lithiumgirl). And I think that stimulates an even greater, more negative response which takes away from the matter at hand.
Do I realize my desire for violent punishment will not solve the problem? Yes. Do I want a violent criminal to pay for taking an innocent life? Yes. How do I reconcile all of this? I'm not sure. So, I vent my anger and hope other DDers, venting similar anger, will all work together to figure it out. Simply, the "Kill the bastard!" response is just one of the Stages of Grief. By the time we get to Acceptance, we're already reading the latest story about another murderer and innocent life lost...and it starts all over again.
