Friday, April 4, 2008

Strange...strange world

A friend and I went to lunch together today. There was interesting news on the TV (where isn't there a TV showing something) about a hawk attacking a girl.
We were discussing the fact that we don't listen, watch, or read the news. And I wonder why....
A 14-yr old flushes her baby ......

A man who had sexual fantasies that involved torturing, raping, killing and eating his victim ......

A serial killer on the loose - or so it seems ......

If I didn't know or see good things in this world, I would assume it was nothing but a terrible waste land of people killing people constantly.
I don't understand where they come up with these 'fantasies' and all these crazy ideas all the time.... what in the WORLD!?!?!?
And the 14-yr old... excuse me?!? 14??? I didn't even know or think about kissing when I was 14, let alone fornicating and getting pregnant. I mean, 8th grade is awfully young!! These girls are forever going to have health issues and probably some serious emotional issues after having tried to flush her own child. I understand she's 14 and doesn't know enough, but honestly!! And if no one knew she was pregnant, how much worse would that have been to carry that baby with no help at all, only to then kill it. It's a terrible, terrible thing. Can't we prevent these things? Probably not. Can't we at least help these girls in these situations?? Show them there's other ways, explain to them a better way to live, do SOMETHING so that they don't get into these situations.
As for the killer on the loose... Another topic we were discussing. These killers that are caught - why do we keep them in prison, giving them education, time to work out, etc only to let them loose after 'good behavior?' We should just kill them was a suggestion. But then, what if the person convicted is truly innocent. Law enforcement wants to find someone to blame so that everyone is happy. But do they always find the right guy, not always. Will they change that - no. They are going to convict whoever seems right and whoever they can so that someone is caught and people feel justified.
Aw - if only things and people weren't so corrupt in this world. If only people could be sane. If only things could change.
I wish I could be in a position to make that happen. I will work on it. I want to change bad situations for good people. I want to keep them from turning into these news articles who do evil acts because they are 'mentally ill'.

Sorry for all the terrible stories. That's why I don't read, watch, or listen to the news. But I think I'm going to start looking at news sites since I have no other sites to look at. And I think it will help me to be more motivated to change things. To make things better, at least for that one person I can help....

1 comment:

ReL said...

You know, in about 85-90% of the cases like the 14 year old... it's the lack of communication between parent and child. All too often people opt for a more modern way of raising their children, they let someone else do it. And I'm sorry but that's just not acceptable... this is how we end up with such messed up kids in this world. *sigh* I mean I know it's not always the case but far too often things like this could be prevented if more people focused on family instead of $$$$