Those of you who are familiar with Alabama news may have noticed a former resident arrested in another state for a history of child rape over a period of almost a decade (exact facts are such a bother, sorry). I knew the man but (of course) not very well--isn't that always how it is? The news announcement on the internet version of the local newspaper has received the attention of several comments already, mostly arguments about why the criminal acts took place in a certain city and the actor was from another--but the trial was in an entirely different county--facts still not being the most important, I think a few "so there, Stupid"s between commenters had some screen-time....
ONE commenter, which at the time of my reading constituted a whopping 4% of responders, mentioned the child. "We have to keep the victim foremost in our thoughts." Or something like that.
Sorry, I was snarking at some idiot because his screen name is ridiculous--what did you say?
The crime involves my parish family, actually. The article identified the rapist as an employee of my church, which naturally frees people to bring up "those Catholics." Happily, even the Catholics got a turn bringing up "bringing up those Catholics." NEVER MIND THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN PERPERTRATED WHICH HAS A MAYHEM-FACTOR OF GOOGOLPLEX, EVEN AFTER WE START TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. Never mind the kid, he'll be fine.
Like, whatever.
2 comments:
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Really not getting the word choice, but then again, how could I when I think the concept of "rights" is overworked and underpaid?
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