No, we have to find way to rehabilitate these people. Otherwise they are completely useless and a burden to society for as long as they live, beyond the fact that their lives are wasted and lost for one idiot thing that they did (yes, I know, the girl that was killed had her life wasted away, but as a society, we have to be better than those abusing the society). It's that simple.
and remember one thing.. it's our system which is failing the youth.
I have this habit of looking at the system first, before looking at the people. Obviously people need to be held accountable for their actions.. But the piss poor education system, sugar-crack-fiend nutrition culture, crap health care system, disproportionate criminal justice system, for profit prison system, innocent people put to death penalty system, violence acceptable - nudity not acceptable, corporate & social welfare system, failing infrastructure, perpetual warfare state .. deserves alot of blame.
Why are we so quick to blame a kid who lashes out in a high school bathroom, beating someone to death.. when our society is in a perpetual state of warfare where violence is accepted?
Fuck, and you've also got kids growing up drinking water with lead in it. wtf.
Everything I mentioned above is a problem with the state.. we also have parents using violent video games as baby sitters, and violence all over tv 24/7; that's another issue, but still intertwined. Bad parenting is probably the biggest issue, but when you fail the youth who then become parents, what do we expect?
In a different story, the GOP always does this. They always find someone to blame, to distract people from the issues I mentioned above. It's always immigrants and poor people. It's a very effective tactic. (The democrats do it too, but they usually blame republicans and now Wall Street, which I think is far more fair
All i'm saying is.. ya hold these violent offenders accountable, but like raptor said, don't give up on them.. because in many instances, the system we have in place right now, helps perpetuate their behavior.
It's just a big cycle of wreck, IMHO.
In a nutshell.. any time someone does something, hit rewind.
pC!
