On children...

I hate people. I do. And when I think I don't, then something happens to make me hate people all over again...

This past week, the media has been inundated with stories about parents torturing children, killing children, locking children up for years, raping and molesting children, and most recently throwing their newborn children out the window of a moving car (though this one turned out to be a hoax).

What kind of people would do such a thing????

When I read news stories like that I get all kinds of angry and I really wish that all of those sick twisted people who call themselves parents, would be locked up and tortured forever in a very Dante Alghieri in the Inferno kind of way. If you don't want your child, or you can't take care of it, there are ways to get around it without injuring a life!

How could someone be so monstrous as to threaten the life of their own flesh and blood?

I hate people. And I think that the world is a very unfair place. I would LOVE to have a child but I can't (at least it'll take me a bit of effort so not for now) and there are people in the world with children who are literally ready to throw them out the window.

Why have a child if you are not suited to be a parent?
Why kill your child if you no longer want it?

Above all things our society needs to learn to respect human life. I am particularly sensitive about innocent lives (ie- children and animals). It is important that we protect those who can't take care of themselves, and what's more, try to be the kind of parent (or significant adult influence), who will teach their children by example, to be good parents, to be respectful of life, and to love the way they were loved.