OUTRAGE, Part I

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/05/Trial_to_Begin_in_Lawrence_King_Murder/


Ahem. Explain this to me...

A young boy goes home one day after school. He believes that another boy might have a crush on him, or he may even KNOW that the other boy has a crush on him. And he gets a gun. And he takes it with him to school the next day, stands directly behind the other boy, and fires not one, but TWO shots, into his head. The other boy dies hours later after being on life support for some time.

Where, in all of this, does manslaughter come into play? Manslaughter is reserved for cases such as drunk driving deaths (which are just as horrible as murders, because they can be prevented, among other reasons), but this kid displays the TEXTBOOK DEFINITION of premeditation. He thought about it. It's not like there was a loaded gun sitting around and he just picked it up and it accidentally went off. This is an open and shut case, if you follow the law.

The article says the defense claims that the killer was humiliated by the alleged advances of his victim, Lawrence King. Well, you know what? SO THE FUCK WHAT?!

I'm humiliated by people all the freaking time! People make fun of me, but you don't see me going home, getting my dad's gun, and shooting someone in the back of the head?

This even further proves the killer to be a coward. He couldn't even face his alleged humiliator, who, let's remember, did nothing wrong or evil, or against any rules. All he did was allegedly express an interest. Something he probably would've have gotten over in the coming months as he learned his crush was straight, and not available. It happens to every gay boy at that age.

So explain to me why this killer should get any different sentence than a grown man who commits a similar murder should?

He shouldn't. Yes, I know he was 14, and maybe, developmentally speaking, he wasn't completely aware of the ramifications. But that doesn't mean he didn't know the kid would die. Or that he'd get into serious fucking trouble.

I respect and admire the law a great deal. I even wanted to be a lawyer at one point (mainly so I could get paid to argue with people, hahaha), but because it's simple. IT IS THE LAW.

People complain about technicalities, such as, for instance, OJ's hand didn't fit the glove, and the cop planted it. "It's just a technicality."

NO. IT IS NOT. IT IS THE FUCKING LAW. If a cop (or anyone, for that matter) is discovered to have planted evidence, that is BREAKING THE LAW. Does that mean I think OJ is innocent? Hell no. I think he did it and I think he got away with it. He was acquitted, and we can never try him for the same crime again, thanks to that pesky little document called THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

The Constitution says, to some beliefs, that we have a right to own guns. I don't particularly like guns, but am I gonna tell someone he can't have him?

Well...I might try. I might try to change the law, or to make it clearer, or make strict laws concerning the types of guns people can have. But I still respect the Constitution, and that American's right to own a gun. I just hope and pray that he'll have sense enough to teach his kids (if he has any), or anyone in that house, for that matter, how to properly use it when necessary, and how to respect and cherish all life, be it human or animal.

What happened to Lawrence King was a tragedy, and yes, some people will think I'm only angry because he was gay. Well, yes, I am. I'm angry that some punk ass kid thought it'd be okay to kill a gay kid. But I'm angry more because someone is dead who doesn't deserve to be dead. I'd feel the same way if it was a straight kid who was dead, and yes, even if the killer had been gay.

LIFE IS SACRED, PEOPLE. Life is what happens. Life. Is. Life.



If you have a problem, talk it out. At most, go and smoke a joint and relax. But do not, under any circumstances, come under the delusion that taking someone's life will make things right. Please, be good to yourself, and to everyone around you.






So...there's that...