And yet another story that is just too despicable. A mum, her daughter and son, killed by the mother's former boyfriend. The focus of the case has been on the pretty, talented daughter, Kesha Wizzart, who decided to stay at her mum's place as she had arrived back home late (she normally lived with her father). But then, she was raped and murdered. It's hellish.
The fuckwit responsible got 38 years minimum. I hope he rots in jail.
What is happening in this world? Is it really getting worse? Is it just that all these cases are coming to a head at once? What??
Somehow got immune hearing such cases so often. It actually feel so worse when minors are raped by sickos!!
ReplyDeleteI hear you!
ReplyDeleteI live in a suburb near Atlanta, Ga. Ever since I can remember this place called home, has been safe. Last week a triple homicide happened in my subdivision...
A mom, her 12 y.o. daughter as well as her 4 y.o. Turns out her 17 y.o. son commited the crime. This kid rode my brothers school bus every day for the past 3 years. I don't remember hearing about this when I was younger. I guess its fair to say its getting worse.
Preetha, hello, yes I think people do often become immune - it's a self-protection mechanism but I think it can make us blind to what's happening, if we are not careful...
ReplyDeleteI hope you are having a good weekend :)
Hey Amenah, I heard about that case (well, I am pretty sure it is the same one) – it was horrific.
ReplyDeleteIt is always more frightening when it is so close to home.
Thinking about what happens these days is so depressing but I wonder – does every generation think the same thing: that life 'now' is going downhill...?
For what it's worth, friends, this my take on the issue. It is a mad, sad world - but it always was. In fact, in earlier centuries, rape, domestic violence, child prostitution and labour, were all commonplace and widely accepted. What we didn't have was a 24 hour rolling media and a morbid obsession with the horror humanity casually lumps upon itself. We're probably safer now than ever before. This, of course, does not excuse or explain these dreadful crimes and the lifetimes of misery they cause, but it does suggest why they burn so vividly in our minds and why their details are laid so bare.
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As a hack, M & G, I do agree with what you say. Such a story would send a newsroom reeling – and yes, you get a buzz when a big, if gory, story breaks.
ReplyDeleteIt is big news because people do seem to lap it up. They want the pictures, the details, the first-person reports...
When I think 'twin towers', instantly I see the pictures that were broadcast millions of times of the towers ablaze. And yet it still seems unreal.
But I think you are right – we can now expose horrors – and rightly so. We almost expect the media to provide reportage of the worst things that happen in the world, and often the media succeeds. It has its pros and cons, of course. On one hand, we become slightly numb and cynical; on the other, things beyond comprehension are brought to light (such as what has happened in Jersey)...
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