Once in a while, a story strikes you and stays with you, like Beslan did and does for me.
I have always wanted to be a vegetarian because I love animals so much. Alas, I am very much a meat eater.
I have always wanted to be as colorblind as I was as a child. But with age came experience.
I have always wanted to be against the death penalty, as an ideal. But I've always been on the fence.
Two days ago, a monster was sentenced to death, and I don't see what else could have been done. Would a life in prison made him repent and change? I don't think so. What about the little boy he once was? I believe he is lost for this lifetime. We shoot rabid dogs, don't we?
Can society enforce "thou shall not kill" by killing? I wish I could say no.
For Dylan and Shasta, I say: "Yes, willingly."
I find myself turning this question over and over in my mind.
ReplyDeleteI am not one to judge, yet I pass judgement every day. I am not one to condemn, but I still pronounce verdicts and regret them as soon as they are voiced.
Goddamned fence.
Une chance qu'elle est là.