Absurd and Askew

There's something far worse than swine flu going around. It's this total disregard for life and the innocents (the true innocents, our kids) are getting the worst end of it. I read this story on the CNN website this morning (see the link at the end for the actual CNN story) and I'm at a total loss as to what could possess anyone to do such a thing and not be completely insane.

This 21-year old dumbass (barely an adult himself) got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend at her apartment and picked up her 3-month-old son's car seat, with her son still in it, and threw it onto the concrete floor. Oh, but he didn't stop there. He then kidnapped the baby and proceeded to throw him out of a moving car on the interstate -- not in his car seat. Just tossed him out the window. A passing motorist found this little 3-month-old body on the road where he died of -- surprise -- blunt force trauma to the head. 3 friggin' months old! What would possess anyone to do such an incredibly cruel thing?

Remember when people considered the consequences of their actions? Remember when you were an outcast for being a criminal? Remember when we had some kind of social, moral, ethical, whatever you want to call it, values and the thought of throwing a 3-month-old baby out of a moving vehicle would never even cross our minds? Look at us now.

The more violence we see and hear about, the more we become numb. Nothing shocks us anymore. We've created a society that hungers for the extreme. Sadly, that extreme is coming out in ways that are making our younger (and youngest) generation suffer. Violence and extremes are now the norm and to cause someone else pain -- to exact that huge negative act of revenge -- young minds are automatically turning to deeds more gruesome than ever before. It's not a new scenario, but it's definitely now an epidemic.

Our kids are eating themselves alive.

Here's the actual CNN story: Florida Man Charged With Murder After Baby Thrown From Car