Things to Say so that they Won't Go Unsaid by Me.

The war is older than my nephews, and is bound to be continuing when they are old enough to be in danger of having to fight in it. I don't expect that it will ever end.

Done by privileged boys who thought they could get away with it.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Alighting from that clunky bitter segue, here's my read on other privileged boys currently in the news, who thought they could get away with it.

1) The only surprise for me in the media coverage of Stuebenville is the fact that this managed to lower my opinion of the institution, the profession and the discipline.

2) As emotionally frustrating as it was to see such light sentences handed down, I still do not believe that there is any call, reason or justification in trying legal children as legal adults. I feel nothing in this case but the desire to see all involved on the side of perpetrating the rape (not just the two convicted rapists) torn apart by hyaenas. This is why I am glad the law, when it works, is better than I am. This is why the world is a better place without me in authority.

3) 1 and 2 years in juvenile detention, respectively, is not going to do a damned thing about rape culture. 10 to 20 years in federal prison would not do a damned thing about rape culture, either.

Yeah, that's about all I've got for today. Back to fun monsters.