An open letter to the fine young minds of Huntington, Selden and Centereach, N.Y., who were involved in Saturday’s prank gone wrong in Lake Ronkonkoma:
Dear Fine Young Minds:
If your lives are lacking for drama, chaos and misery, I suggest you take a look around you. There are plenty of people who have drama, chaos and misery to spare, and would be more than happy to offer you some of it. Manufacturing more of it really was not necessary.
Regardless of what the law may have in store for you, regardless of the outcome for the woman you put in hospital, I hope that the last thing you think of before you fall asleep, and the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning, is how you spent your Saturday night, November 13, 2004, and I hope it never gets easier with the passage of time.
Signed,
Still Wondering if that Evolution Thing Was a Good Idea After All
Gee. Times like this are we sure that we have to give up torture in favor of civilization? I can imagine tying these idiots to stakes in the public square and then turning the victim’s friends and families loose with icepicks and pliers.
I mean seriously, guilt trips are all good and fine for people who’ve kicked puppies, but there really isn’t any sort of modern justice that can possibly make up for this.
And yes, I am having a bad day. I’ll try to place nice in the sanbox tomorrow. Today I need the therapy of thinking mean thoughts at the unfairness of, well, most everything.
You know tho, I suspect a warm loaf of homemade bread would improve my attitude.