Man, Fuck People.

Rich people especially. I know Brian was down to start this of light, but he is not me.

I'm angry and hateful and made of poorly drawn action lines. For those of you who haven't kept up with the murder gnomes in my head; this is what's got me riled. In case links make you nervous That is the story of Robert H. Richards IV, heir of the Du Pont Corporation getting off with a gentle caress of the wrist after admitting to sexually assaulting his infant son and raping his very young daughter. His defense consisted of essentially two prongs. First that his rape and molestation of his children was an accident and he felt mighty sorry about it; and second that being a 6'4" 250lb rich white man prison wouldn't be kind to him.

 I will freely and gleefully concede the second point. Prison isn't a kind place, especially for kid fuckers; it isn't supposed to be. There's been a good deal of discussion on classifying pedophilia; some people try to make the claim that its a sexual orientation and try to condemn or excuse it on that front. Others, including the APA categorize it as a paraphilic condition.

 What pedophilia is isn't really my area of expertise. While Richards' behavior is horrifying it isn't the part that set me off, there are sick people all over the world. That part that sent me off was that it was largely hand-waved away legally. The man has lived his entire life milking a massive trust fund and perhaps the first time he stood a chance of facing any kind of negative consequence he made a sad face and threw money at it till it went away. I know it's a well beaten equine corpse but we can't keep letting people with money get away with shit. Something has to be done, and I really don't think anyone wants to hear my suggestions.

-Eshi