May Justice be Served

*Please keep in mind that what follows is simply my own opinions, my own thoughts, my own feelings and views on things. I'm not trying to raise a debate or to insult or offend any one person or group. 

VENGEANCE: punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense : retribution

KARMA: The force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence 

"Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second. " - Agatha Christie

I don't consider myself a bad person. I think on the surface and within me, I am a good, moral individual with goodwill toward all people. Where that becomes grey area, where that goodness is lacking is in the intolerance for stupidity, ignorance and just flat out evil deeds that some people commit.   

Deryl Dedmon, Jr., 18, has been charged with murder.

"On a recent Sunday morning just before dawn, two carloads of white teenagers drove to Jackson, Mississippi, on what the county district attorney says was a mission of hate: to find and hurt a black person."

James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old auto plant worker, was beaten by Dedmon and his buddies. Dedmon then got into his pickup truck and as Anderson staggered along the street, he ran over Anderson killing him instantly. Took this man's life because he was black.

Stupid. Ignorant. Evil.

The surveillance video does not lie. It is not he said, she said. It is not in question. This happened and he did it. So... now what?

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.- Annie Lennox

 

Dying is easy. I agree. Too easy for some people. Too easy I think for young Mr. Dedmon. Here is where i think the punishment branch of the law is flawed. The judges, juries, courts, our legal system, our criminal justice system all say the same thing... you break one of our laws, our rules and you will be punished. But that punishment in most cases is simply the expulsion (Either temporarily or for "life") of that person from our everyday society.

I dont agree with that. I believe that (and although i can apply it to other crimes, im speaking about murder here) when some one commits such a crime, they are already at that moment turning in their "right to live among us" card.

 10 years, 30 years, life in prison... doesnt matter. The law is just putting a number on what we already know. That this person should not share the same street we walk on.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

Edward W. Howe

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Lois McMaster Bujold

  

Ill refer back to the definition of vengeance. "PUNISHMENT inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense"

Where is there justice for Mr. Anderson? What punishment is Dedmon really getting for his evil? For his offense? He should face the same terror, the same fear, the same pain everyday of his life. And while it may be that while in prison he may get a taste of that, to me the system fails by not being the hand that holds the whip. As you can see im a little scattered with all of this but my point is this, evil deeds by evil people should be actually punished and punished by the system that is in place to supposedly make us feel safe to walk out in our world. I want my tax money to support THAT, not a slap on the wrist and 3 meals a day.

Finally, i'll say this about Dedmon, the D-bag Kashif Parvaiz who had his wife killed it seems over money and to all the stupidity, ignorance and evil in the world and those who embrace it, and to all of the rest of us out there who may feel like people around us are "getting away with murder".....

Retribution comes in many forms but it does come, Karma is a bitchzilla and she gets around, and may true justice be served.

Da Wizard

 

Transit rage aka Get the F out of my way.

Don't you just love things that have no meaning? (In some cases very little meaning, in others none at all)
I have a Dolby dual cassette player and recorder. Means nothing.
Be kind, considerate and respectful. Means little.
Live within your means. Means a lot to us but very little to our government......

Funny, I was going to write some clever little article about how some things in this world no longer have any meaning, my segue into how people just don't abide by the classic rules of conduct, consideration and respect on the subway any more but screw it. Here it is.
To all of you idiots who do one or some or all of these things I'm about to mention... You stupidass. (Yes, one word, should be pronounced as one word and yes, it means you're worse than a dumbass.)

When the train pulls in to the station and people boarding start moving toward the door, why do you as well if you know youre not getting on? So now im caught behind you because stupid me thought you were getting on with the rest of us but you stopped. STUPIDASS, im getting on the train. Get the F out of my way.
That one goes out as well to the stupidass who stopped in front of the doors while people were still trying to get on the train because she wanted to feel the air conditioning.

Let move on, so on what plane of stupid existence does it make sense to come to a full stop 2/3rds of the way down the stairs because the train just started pulling out???  Are you now going to turn around and go back up and take the bus? Was that the last E train of the day that now you have to leave the subway system and come back tomorrow??? Arent you just going to go stand at the platform and wait for the next train ANYWAY???  Why do you make me almost trip over you and embarrassingly send your stupid ass down to the platform anyway? Get the F out of my way!

Step all the way in to the car. How are you the first one to enter the car and proceed to stop and stand by the door when the car is practically empty AND now youre blocking me and everyone else from getting in? Stupidass

Why are you standing halfway down the stairs talking on your cell? You do see that people need to go up and down dont you? If you had not finished your call wouldnt it make sense to step to the side and do so rather than start going down and have to stop because your signal is fading? Yes of course its fading stupidass, now get the F out of my way.

Let me out. Plenty of stupid asses have been the recipient of an elbow to the ribs or my bag into their hip or everyone's favorite shoulder tackle because youre blocking my exit from the train. Let me out stupidass.
 
If its so vital for you to be on your phone the second you get off the train that youre locked into it all the way up the stairs and slowing everyone up because youre too stupid to walk and read at the same time.... maybe you need a different mode of transit. First i call you stupid because youre not supposed to walk and read anyway, havent you seen that lady fall into the mall fountain? Second,.... there is no second. Just hurry up and get the f out of my way stupidass.

and while I'm in transit.... to the ghetto trash last week, who had a trash can about ten feet away but decided to drop her Mcdonalds bag on the stairs as she went down stuffing her face with a big mac and to the rest who get on the train with their drinks and sandwiches and food containers and leave the train empty handed leaving the rest of us with your stinky, dirty and messy garbage. F YOU!!! Stupidass. Have you no respect or consideration or even shame at the thought that youve just made yourself look like a lazy, dirty, no class, non educated, stupid ass waste of human flesh? Apparently not. You should all be forced to pick up what the degenerates like you leave behind.

AND to the MTA. and i mean the geniuses who call the shots, not the blue collar MTA worker who busts his ass everyday looking after the degenerates mentioned above. To all you execs, who figure out everything from the budget, to schedules and contingency plans.... get your shit together. This is not 1911, its 2011.

I dont care about a fancy new sign that flashes how many minutes away the train is. 3 minutes away doesnt mean shit when its 115 degrees on the platform because you cant find a way to ventilate the stations.

If you know that for the last 8 years every uptown D or B train gets stopped right before 59th street because of train traffic, ADJUST  THE  F-ing  SCHEDULE!!

And if anyone can explain to me why if theres a problem at West 4th street, the F train will run on the 8th ave line from 42nd all the way into Brooklyn, I am ready to be enlightened.

Thank you all for listening.

Siblings

Don't even get me started....

Angry Aidan

So let's talk about little Aidan for a minute. Aidan is the 8 year old in Colorado that was pepper sprayed by police. I won't really get in to the ethics of that part of the story. (Which knowing now that Aidan has a history of aggressive behavior and fits of rage, I think spraying and subduing him with minimal contact was absolutely the intelligent choice.)
But I want to talk about him. Aidan. The little boy that only acts up in school according to Mandy, his mom. Aidan who said yea I kinda meant to harm those teachers.
Who said yes I did mean it a little when I said I would kill the teachers and the police.
The kid who's mom said I don't know what sets him off in school but what more can do? I'm not at school with him.
The 8 year old second grader for whom grown ass police officers have had to be called in now for the 3rd time.
The 8 year old kid who says  “It’s just the way my body goes. I can't control it for some reason." "It's just who I am, i think its not ever going to go away."
I know that I'm not alone when i say there is a very serious problem here. This kid has a problem. He had intent to harm other people. Whether its psychological, biological or emotional but Mandy.... Your son has a problem. Stop denying it and accept it so you can then get your child the help that he really needs.

The Wizard Bytes

Let's start off on a positive note...

Yes, because there's soooooo much negative ish to talk about later. May 1st I'm getting married. I finally found the right person for me. I'm marrying a wonderful Queens woman who loves my strengths, accepts my weaknesses and joins in to share the fun and laughter when I act a fool. I'm fortunate and blessed to have found the partner to share our future with. Thanks babe, for all you do and all you are. Here's lookin at you, kid.

What am I doing here?

Now in my older age I find that sometimes..... I actually have opinions on some things that go on in this world. Twitter often doesnt have enough characters to hold what I want to say and I dont feel like I should force everyone to read my opinions via facebook status. So here I am. Not sure how often I will post but you can be sure that when i do it will probably be because someone, somewhere, somehow, committed an act of utter and complete stupidity. Thanks for reading.
Respectfully hoping you make sense,  MC