Mixed Feelings
May 24th, 2006 | by Craig |I’ve definitely got mixed feelings on this.
A Belgrade man accused last week of molesting a teenage boy was beaten by two men Monday night after he was released from Gallatin County’s jail, according to court records.
On the one hand, if the guy was actually a molester, then I don’t feel too bad for him.
If he wasn’t, then the other guys deserve whatever they get.
I’ve often thought that the best punishment for child molesters is to spend an hour with some like-minded dads equipped with large lengths of rubber hose.
8 Responses to “Mixed Feelings”
By Sarpy Sam on May 24, 2006 | Reply
Rubber Hose? I have a knife and I know how to castrate cattle. I’m sure I could use that knowledge.
By DMerriman on May 24, 2006 | Reply
Sam, you’re far too kind. I’m thinking some long-term ‘aversion therapy’, done with cattle prods.
By Homestead on May 25, 2006 | Reply
What? Just the dads? Hell hath no fury like a pissed off mama. And Sam…. I have a rusty spoon and I, too, know how to castrate cattle…..
By Craig on May 26, 2006 | Reply
Leaving ‘em alone with the moms would be cruel and unusual punishment!
By Ali on May 26, 2006 | Reply
Sometimes I don’t love everything about America…. but I do respect the right to a just trial, no matter what one is accused of.
And I am a (new) mom. And an teacher.
By JP on May 26, 2006 | Reply
By Ed Kemmick on May 29, 2006 | Reply
Better late than never, right? I just have to say — and this will cement my reputation as a woolly-headed liberal — that in 99 cases out of a hundred, if an adult abuses a child, the adult was abused as a child himself. This is not to excuse that person, and it does not make the prospect of castration much less appealing, but it does point to the sad, sad circumstances surrounding such crimes. I can’t believe the adults in these cases derive any real “pleasure” from their crimes. It is more like postponed revenge, or an attempt to pass on their own guilt, or something as equally twisted. If someone did something like that to my kid I’d want to beat him to death with a shovel, because I’m only human. But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with admitting that I also feel bottomless pity for such people, knowing what they themselves must have been subjected to.
By Craig on May 30, 2006 | Reply
I’ve known several people who have grown up in horrific situtations; and heard stories that would make you weep.
I also know that a great many of those children make a conscious choice not to do those things to their own (or anyone else’s) children.
Some of their children are spoiled brats. Some have chosen not to have children. Some of them have children who are doing just fine, thank you.
Sure it’s anecdotal evidence, but it does mitigate some of the pity I would feel for someone like that.