no, it would not. But then again, I don't think I would brag about it on a bulletin board if I did it. Nor do I think I would do it at noon at the corner of First and Broad, downtown.
I don't know. I have never taken a human life, and I am sure taking one would affect me far more than prison would. The earlier statement is not just ego testosterone. It is a result of living with a child (now a young woman), and seeing a beautiful being who has brought us so much joy, where society largely sees a "throwaway person." I also knew a girl who was retarded in my home town who was involved in several gangbangs. Combining those three things (the girl in this story, my daughter, and the girl in my hometown) just made me think "What if it was Leslie?" (not her real name). I just don't know if I could take it. Sometimes I just wonder how the heart of God stands all the evil in the world. Just my own is enough to make me shudder sometimes. I guess I just see it clearer when people can coldly take advantage of someone with diminished capacities.
I applaud your statements. When those who need protection are instead exploited cruelly, it is evidence that so-called civilization is actually dressed-up barbarism.
Let's just pray, that you are never put into that position.
It's a crying shame society outcasts these people--many of them have talents and abilities few people know about.
I know of an autistic Scout who not only was in my Jamboree troop, he made it all the way to Eagle rank. And knowing this, I find it's just simply sickening to think that there are many people in my community who'd just ignore such people, or abuse them if they'd have the opportunity.
Nay, we should realize that the disABLED are just that. They may not function 100% like us, but does this make them any less deserving of human dignity? Absolutely not.
How anyone can rationalize this out, much less derive pleasure from a heinous act that denied human dignity is completely beyond reason.