"We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow, We Will be Killed With Our Families", a book written by Philip Gourevitch answered a lot of questions for me about the genocide in Rwanda. Yes, I've seen the movie, but it still didnt make sense to me. If explained in the movie Hotel Rwanda why the Tutsis were being eliminated by the Hutus, i must've missed it.
I was checking my email this morning, and suddenly on the news stream I see a small blurb..."Mo. teen accused of paying hit men $260 in failed plot to kill adoptive parents." That just hit me; the only thing that crossed my mind was "Why?" Why would you try to hire someone out to kill your parents?
Just recently a man named Charles "Cookie" Thornton murdered 5 people, 2 cops, one councilwoman, one councilman, and one public works director, about 20 minutes from where i live because of tens of thousands (over 150 tickets to be exact) of dollars fined to him for parking his commercial vehicles in residential areas. He owned an asphalt and demolition company.
Robert Greer uttered these words to the Tribune shortly after a shooting at the Northern Illinois University yesterday; "I'm not mad, I'm just sad, and I know that right now what I need to do is comfort my wife."
ONe of the issues concerning teenagers today is abortion. Many young girls get pregnant unexpectedly and decides not to keep the baby. So, she gets that little fetus out of her womb. Do you know what you call this?? This is called MURDER ! The baby in the womb is already human, even though it is not fully developed.
The euthanasia poll got me thinking, "Hey, your next blog should be on euthanasia." So here it is.
dictionary.com defines euthanasia as:
| 1. | Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition. |
Killing. Isn't there enough killing in this world?
