Disabled man 'killed for sport'

[notjustjay]

I'm disgusted, but no longer really shocked or surprised by these stories. Which is a sad thing to say, really, but it just seems to happen so often.

Then again, is this really new? Haven't we been doing this sort of thing for almost all of history? The Roman gladiators, for example -- for such an advanced and ahead-of-its-time society, their thirst for blood as entertainment seems almost totally out of place.

 

[dmw007]

That is truly a terribly sad story. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of what they did to that poor man.

 

[waffle911]

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

They really need about 16 tons of "do unto you" for this one.

Seriously, an eye for an eye seems like the best consequence for this.

Death by any other means legal would be too quick and painless for them to ever feel remorse for what they've done. It's just too bad that they wouldn't get to live in guilt for the rest of their lives afterwards.

True, it is a sick punishment, but I first came up with the idea a few years ago when I read a news story of a middle-eastern girl who was third wife to a 45 year old man at age 12 (or earlier, I can't remember), was sexually abused and treated as a slave, and typical punishment for spilling drop of water was making her get on her hands and knees while the entire family used her as a dinner table without any plates. They cut and stabbed right into her back underneath the food. Even sadder is that she did not see them as ill-willed after she had been taken into protective custody because she didn't know any better.

It's these kinds of crimes that stick with you when you otherwise have no relation to the matter. It makes me question whether or not it would be a good idea for the powers that be to wipe the slate clean and start over, unless they really are that sadistic.

I eventually started my own agnostic system of beliefs from stories like this.
But that's a different topic entirely.

 

[nbs2]

People are animals too.