Robbie McLennan
Good morning.
Or is it?
The first thing I noticed this morning was how cold the house is. The dam furnace is on the fritz again! We put the call in, they'll be here today or tomorrow to finish the job of fixing it.
I don't know what possessed me to read the news this morning, but, as always, I regret it. I didn't get past this article in the Toronto Sun.
The first I had heard of this case, was soon after we moved here in 2003. There was a big article about it in our local paper. That article recounted all the gorey details. The crime was upsetting enough, but I was just as upset with the paper for printing the details. I felt it was insensitive to the family of this boy. Though I'm sure it is all indelible on their minds and hearts, I didn't feel I needed to know, or that they needed to re-live it. I was also upset thinking we had moved out of the city in hopes of avoiding crime, and this hideous crime had happened a year before we moved here. My heart immediately went out to these people. How do you survive such a blow to your life? How do you deal with it? How do you go on?
I have come to realise that the media publishes these things over and over in an attempt to outrage people like me. People who will then write letters to politicians expressing their outrage.
What is so outrageous? The Young Offenders Act!
There is no way that 20 year old should be being released. That was a slap on the wrist if ever there was one!
This was a heinous crime. His identity is protected! How about protecting society from creatures like him?
These were not messed up little kids. These were evil, hateful, dangerous, psychos!
Obviously, Robbie was a good kid, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong people. He was tortured to death! He did not deserve such a fate, no one does. Those bastards had no right to decide his fate, and should have given up their own rights when they did.
I may be naive, I am naive about many things, one of them being the YOA. That's because I haven't had to deal with it, and that's because I raised my kids to be decent and good people!
From what I've read about it today, it is merely the "Juvenile Delinquents Act", revised. I understand that children and adults should be dealt with seperately in the courts. I get that. But come on! These creatures were quite old enough to understand what they were doing and how very wrong it was. In fact, they were old enough to also understand that in this country they would more than likely get away with it.
I am so emotional about this, I'm having trouble keeping a level head. I don't want to sound like a complete redneck, ready to initiate a lynch mob. But basically, that's how I feel.
This country needs a NEW GOVERNMENT. We need to change some laws. We need to get back to basics like " do the crime, do the time."
The McLennan family have endured enough without having this insult added to their injuries. They have shown amazing restraint and strength. My heart goes out to them. They have a website, I would encourage anyone to check it out.
Have a good day.
Or is it?
The first thing I noticed this morning was how cold the house is. The dam furnace is on the fritz again! We put the call in, they'll be here today or tomorrow to finish the job of fixing it.
I don't know what possessed me to read the news this morning, but, as always, I regret it. I didn't get past this article in the Toronto Sun.
The first I had heard of this case, was soon after we moved here in 2003. There was a big article about it in our local paper. That article recounted all the gorey details. The crime was upsetting enough, but I was just as upset with the paper for printing the details. I felt it was insensitive to the family of this boy. Though I'm sure it is all indelible on their minds and hearts, I didn't feel I needed to know, or that they needed to re-live it. I was also upset thinking we had moved out of the city in hopes of avoiding crime, and this hideous crime had happened a year before we moved here. My heart immediately went out to these people. How do you survive such a blow to your life? How do you deal with it? How do you go on?
I have come to realise that the media publishes these things over and over in an attempt to outrage people like me. People who will then write letters to politicians expressing their outrage.
What is so outrageous? The Young Offenders Act!
There is no way that 20 year old should be being released. That was a slap on the wrist if ever there was one!
This was a heinous crime. His identity is protected! How about protecting society from creatures like him?
These were not messed up little kids. These were evil, hateful, dangerous, psychos!
Obviously, Robbie was a good kid, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong people. He was tortured to death! He did not deserve such a fate, no one does. Those bastards had no right to decide his fate, and should have given up their own rights when they did.
I may be naive, I am naive about many things, one of them being the YOA. That's because I haven't had to deal with it, and that's because I raised my kids to be decent and good people!
From what I've read about it today, it is merely the "Juvenile Delinquents Act", revised. I understand that children and adults should be dealt with seperately in the courts. I get that. But come on! These creatures were quite old enough to understand what they were doing and how very wrong it was. In fact, they were old enough to also understand that in this country they would more than likely get away with it.
I am so emotional about this, I'm having trouble keeping a level head. I don't want to sound like a complete redneck, ready to initiate a lynch mob. But basically, that's how I feel.
This country needs a NEW GOVERNMENT. We need to change some laws. We need to get back to basics like " do the crime, do the time."
The McLennan family have endured enough without having this insult added to their injuries. They have shown amazing restraint and strength. My heart goes out to them. They have a website, I would encourage anyone to check it out.
Have a good day.
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