A new study says that 10% of the world’s bird population will be extinct by the end of this century. That’s f’ed up. I just love man and the effect we have on our planet. And our fearless leaders who don’t do SHIT to try and fix it. LOVE THAT. Grrrrr.
Archive for December 14th, 2004
Scott Peterson has been sentenced to death by a jury in Redwood City. I was listening yesterday when the verdict came in, and there’s just something about the words “impose a sentence of death” that just really make my skin crawl. I think he did kill Laci and Connor, and therefore I think he deserves it, but I just don’t agree with the death penalty on principle.
Hawk and I were talking about it last night, and we agree that there is a difference between killing someone yourself in order to protect your family, like someone who has broken into your house to rape your daughter. In that case, shoot ‘em full of lead, strangle them with your bare hands, impale them on rusty spikes, whatever. But there’s a difference between that and the government killing someone in the name of one of its citizens. We have laws against murder, so why does our government get to do it? It’s just very confusing and hypocritical.
I don’t know, maybe I would feel differently if something horrible happened to one of my loved ones and the person responsible was facing the death penalty. But I don’t think it would make me feel any better to have them killed. I wonder what Laci would have wanted.
