[wita]

Just a little perspective on the numbers of children killed by predators, compared to automobile accidents, "as seen on tv", it is thousands of times more, and just as horrifying and brutal, although it is more than likely less personal.We are witnessing the emotionally charged reaction to one uncontrolled addicted sleezeball, who probably should not have been on the street, and probably not in jail either although that would have kept him off the street.

Children and adults have, are and will suffer at the hands of predators, and stupid stupid drivers, and wouldn't we say on the average that most stupid stupid drivers inflicting harm on children, just might be the parents of those same children, Hmmmm? Except of course when the "accident" is not the fault of one of the drivers, although it takes two to tangle.

My point is not to be flamed, but to point out that if there is a focus, it certainly ought to be on the more dangerous and prolific manners of death to children. Drowning is also way above kidnap murder. The emotional reaction is for the parents, and democrats. I have not trouble focusing righteous indignation on liberal judges, always keeping in mind that we as humans liberal or otherwise are far from perfect, and need to practise moderation in our outrage lest we become as those we so love to skewer with their weakness.

[isthisnickcool]

Your post is a good example of why someone came up with the phrase "Comparing Apples to Oranges".

[jimbo123]

Carlie's blood is on Judge Rapkin's hands.

[Arpege92]

I understand what you are trying to say and I agree....as humans, mistakes are going to be made. But, this judge has shown to have been making mistakes for quite some time now. It just so happens, that one of his mistakes killed an innocent little girl. I can't escape the fact that had this murderer been in jail like he was supposed to have been, Carlie would be alive today.

This judge allowed this murderer to make mistake after mistake and in the end, this murder did not fear the consequences of his actions. That is the judges fault!

[aberaussie]

My point is not to be flamed, but to point out that if there is a focus, it certainly ought to be on the more dangerous and prolific manners of death to children. Drowning is also way above kidnap murder. The emotional reaction is for the parents, and democrats. I have not trouble focusing righteous indignation on liberal judges, always keeping in mind that we as humans liberal or otherwise are far from perfect, and need to practise moderation in our outrage lest we become as those we so love to skewer with their weakness.

Are you saying, then, since deaths from stupidity are more common, we should focus our energy on punishing those who cause death by their stupidity? How do you determine what is truly an accident and what is caused by stupidity or carelessness? Are you saying that those who kill because they are evil should not be our focus because they are less common?

I think people get more riled up emotionally by a murder like this because it is deliberately evil and it is our nature to find that abhorrent. I don't think because we are emotional about this that we should not carefully examine this judge's record and see if his decisions are putting us and our children at risk by putting people back on the street who should not be there. I also hope that if this perpetrater is truly the right one, I mean that we have incontrovertable evidence of his guilt, that we will not waste ten years or more finally deciding to execute him. Anyone who would kill a little girl in that way should not live.