DGS49
Diamond Member
Here in Pittsburgh we recently woke up to the horror of a news story about an 18-year-old "man" who brutalized and raped an 80+ year-old Nun outside her convent in Beaver County.
We all know about the kid in Texas who stole his old man's pickup truck (what else?), got high, and killed four innocent people who were addressing a car breakdown.
And Jerry Sandusky. Enough said.
When I read stories like this for some reason two words come into my mind: Suicide Kit.
If we really were an "advanced" society, and had any real concept of justice, compassion, prudence, and Life&Death, the FIRST OPTION for people like this would be to present them with a Suicide Kit, encourage them to use it, and give them 15 minutes alone to do the right thing.
We couldn't force anyone to use it, of course, that would be a violation of the Fifth Amendment - you can't be deprived of LIFE without due process of law. But surely we could explain to the subject motherfucker (1) the depravity of what he has done, (2) the miserable life he is looking forward to in prison, (3) the pain his continuing existence will have to the families of his victim, his own family, and others who may have an interest, and (4) the ridiculous cost to society of trying him, convicting him, running through the inevitable appeals, keeping him alive for the rest of his "natural" life, and so on. Most people, I would think, could be convinced to use the Kit.
I'm not a medical person, but it seems to me that the Kit could be produced to give the fucker a couple of options, in the hope that one of them would be attractive enough. Maybe inject himself with enough happy juice to make him high before his heart stops beating; maybe give him a harakiri knife, or let him use one of those gadgets like Anton Chigurh used in "No Country for Old Men." Give him a small handful of sleeping pills. I really don't care.
For a society that supposedly believes in God, and more or less accepts the promises of the Christian New Testament, we are inexplicably enamored with, and place an incalculably high value on, LIFE.
But this makes no sense. Life in prison (without the possibility of parole) is not "life" in any meaningful sense. Life with the pain and incapacities of many diseases and injuries is not really "life." If we really believe what the Bible teaches, then to allow someone to die on their own terms and at the time of their own choosing is a BLESSING. If you can't get Right with God and remain faithful for the final 5 minutes of your life until the drugs kick in, you are a sorry fuck and you deserve to go to hell.
There is no Constitutional reason why any state or the Federal government could not implement a policy providing a Suicide Kit for anyone convicted of a short list of the most heinous crimes. Some states have laws prohibiting people from enouraging suicide, but that wouldn't apply to the Sovereigns themselves.
We could save millions and millions of dollars, avoid incalculable heartache and stress, and in short, do the right thing with respect to people like this bastard who raped and brutalized the nun.
I may have mentioned before in this forum the fact that I resent the hell out of having to pay to support Jerry Sandusky and hundreds of other like him who by all rights should be dead and decomposing - and who, given the right opportunity, would be OK with ending their pathetic fucking lives in a more-or-less dignified fashion.
Suicide Kit. It's time.
We all know about the kid in Texas who stole his old man's pickup truck (what else?), got high, and killed four innocent people who were addressing a car breakdown.
And Jerry Sandusky. Enough said.
When I read stories like this for some reason two words come into my mind: Suicide Kit.
If we really were an "advanced" society, and had any real concept of justice, compassion, prudence, and Life&Death, the FIRST OPTION for people like this would be to present them with a Suicide Kit, encourage them to use it, and give them 15 minutes alone to do the right thing.
We couldn't force anyone to use it, of course, that would be a violation of the Fifth Amendment - you can't be deprived of LIFE without due process of law. But surely we could explain to the subject motherfucker (1) the depravity of what he has done, (2) the miserable life he is looking forward to in prison, (3) the pain his continuing existence will have to the families of his victim, his own family, and others who may have an interest, and (4) the ridiculous cost to society of trying him, convicting him, running through the inevitable appeals, keeping him alive for the rest of his "natural" life, and so on. Most people, I would think, could be convinced to use the Kit.
I'm not a medical person, but it seems to me that the Kit could be produced to give the fucker a couple of options, in the hope that one of them would be attractive enough. Maybe inject himself with enough happy juice to make him high before his heart stops beating; maybe give him a harakiri knife, or let him use one of those gadgets like Anton Chigurh used in "No Country for Old Men." Give him a small handful of sleeping pills. I really don't care.
For a society that supposedly believes in God, and more or less accepts the promises of the Christian New Testament, we are inexplicably enamored with, and place an incalculably high value on, LIFE.
But this makes no sense. Life in prison (without the possibility of parole) is not "life" in any meaningful sense. Life with the pain and incapacities of many diseases and injuries is not really "life." If we really believe what the Bible teaches, then to allow someone to die on their own terms and at the time of their own choosing is a BLESSING. If you can't get Right with God and remain faithful for the final 5 minutes of your life until the drugs kick in, you are a sorry fuck and you deserve to go to hell.
There is no Constitutional reason why any state or the Federal government could not implement a policy providing a Suicide Kit for anyone convicted of a short list of the most heinous crimes. Some states have laws prohibiting people from enouraging suicide, but that wouldn't apply to the Sovereigns themselves.
We could save millions and millions of dollars, avoid incalculable heartache and stress, and in short, do the right thing with respect to people like this bastard who raped and brutalized the nun.
I may have mentioned before in this forum the fact that I resent the hell out of having to pay to support Jerry Sandusky and hundreds of other like him who by all rights should be dead and decomposing - and who, given the right opportunity, would be OK with ending their pathetic fucking lives in a more-or-less dignified fashion.
Suicide Kit. It's time.