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=Save the Innocent... Kill the Deserving=

Let us begin…

Imagine you and your family are being held hostage by a psychopathic freak who has just broke into your house killing your dog and threatening you. As you wait in angst for authority to come save you, the nutcase turns to your younger sister and puts the barrel to her precious head and begins to mumble uncontrollably…Bang! The door is kick open by men clad in black armor, as voices erupt, one heroic knight sends three shots straight into the loony’s gut dropping him instantly but not killing him. You are frightened, yet grateful for this grizzled man’s valiant effort in protecting you and the ones you love. Rewind 42 years:

A young 16 year old girl is kidnapped by her creepy uncle who, in short, raped her. She is scarred for life mentally and literally, she is pregnant. She is left with the difficult to decision to abort or proceed with birth. She feels a sense that tells her that this kid may one day do something great and heroic. The baby is born to a 17 year old mom and a father who is locked up in the state penitentiary. Most would assume he would grow to be a thug, a vagrant, or just a rascal. He thought otherwise. He became, after a life in the police department, a S.W.A.T member…

The same S.W.A.T. member that, 42 years later, saved your life. Imagine if his mother took the cowardly route of abortion. You would have witnessed your family be murdered one by one moments before you, yourself, was taken from this planet.

Death is a touchy subject, especially for prisoners and embryos.

In the previous scenarios we see two objects that deserve instant death, and one that, gratefully was saved. The one that was saved deserved life, as does all embryonic organisms. Why? Simple, we know nothing about the very young humans. These infants are given no chance, who knows one of them might grow to cure a life threatening disease. It is known that 1.2 million babies are aborted each year in the US alone, yet 7.6 million people die from cancer a year worldwide. This means we are destroying 1.2 million chances to save 7.6 million people each year. Now I am aware these kids will often not have the greatest childhoods due to the conditions they are in, yet the best often come from humble beginnings.

You may now be thinking that over population is a huge concern if cancer is conquered, and I don’t blame you, however I have two solutions. First, don’t BREED ‘em if you can’t FEED ‘em. Second is the use of the death penalty more often. My co-worker often says to me while shaking his head, “Son, you just think life a game, don’t you?” Every time my answer is “Yes Sir!” You see, life is a game and everybody deserves a chance at living it, but the ones who do devilish things should be executed. Enough of that “life in prison” BS. People argue “prison is hell on earth”, however that may be so, what is worse than hell on earth is actual Hell. I say we let God sort the worthy from the unworthy. People who murder without quantifiable cause shall be executed, those who rape shall be executed, any act that is, of devilish decent, shall be punished by death. And by any means necessary. Like the Oklahoma state representative quoted "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions." People say that having someone put to death is more expensive than having them go through a life in prison, but trees are plentiful and rope is damn cheap. Being an opinionated teen with a job I feel anger knowing that my tax dollars may be buying an inmate’s food, however my rage would vanish if I knew it was buying supplies to put a dirtbag to death. There are many actions deserving of death. My mom recently showed me a photo of a little mother dog standing next to a censored dead baby dog. What happened was some low-life put them both in a bag and threw them off a bridge, unfortunately the baby died and the mother lived. This creep, if found will probably get a fine for animal cruelty and never be allowed to own a dog again. Now ask yourself “is that all this person deserves?” Because I sure as heck don’t believe so! I think we should take the scum and stuff him in a sack and huck him off of a tall bridge.

Save the innocent, kill the deserving.