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You really have to read between the lines to get this one.
I know, I know, I'm going to be accused of being a bleeding heart liberal even as I write this.
This man did the worst, most unspeakable crime I can possibly think of. And you know what? I feel compassion for the man.
Look at the facts; You can argue that drug (ab)use is no excuse for any crime. I won't argue. What I WILL argue about is that this man checked himself into hospitals SEVERAL times, trying to kick off his habit. His last visit to the hospital, just before he killed the girl, he told the Doctors that he was worried he might do something violent, and that he felt he was losing control of himself.
What kind of reject fuckup of a doctor was he seeing?!?!
Man, I worked in a mental hospital. Up in Canada(or at least St. Boniface General), if some joe-blow comes in off the street and says for *********ANY********** reason that he's worried he might hurt himself or someone else, we would bounce his ass into a bed or into protective custody so fast he wouldn't know what hit him.
And what the FUCK happens? They put him out on the street, with the phsychiatric equivalent of "Call us if it gets any worse."
What the FUCK is it with executing the mentally disabled?!
ARRRGH! I'm so mad I could chew nails.
You want to know who's responsible for the death of that girl? It's the festering pus-bubble that calls himself an MD that put that guy back out onto the street.
What these idiots can't seem to wrap their minds around is that while drugs are bad, they are usually the symptom of a larger problem. Happy, well adjusted folks don't usually get hooked. And if they get hooked, and can't kick the habit, they've got new problems.
Given the nature of the crime, I can't say that it'd benefit society to let him walk around. But to execute him? As an addict, he's already a social pariah. Nevermind that he has to live with what he did while not in control of himself for the rest of his miserable life. He should get put down like a rabid dog for someone else's jackoff brain anuerism.
Grrrraarrghhh....
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