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  • Henderson Hopes for Hell

    Henderson Hopes for Hell

    Henderson hopes for death in letter:

    Richard Henderson Jr. is currently awaiting trial in Florida for bludgeoning his family to death on Thanksgiving Day 2005. Before that, he was in trouble for plotting to shoot up his school. He wrote the following letter to the Bradenton Herald…

    As for my case im happy to be closing in on the day i’ll know where my future lies. As for if I get the Death instead of life or possibly something else, Great, ill be happy. Id rather get Death then life so I don’t have to witness the schemes and abuse of Authority the State lives by. As for my so called Family, let me make this clear. I don’t give a damn what they think, they say they know me how can that be if I only saw them 7 times in my life, to hell with them, I want them to know if I do get the death penality I will haunt their dreams and forever taint the blood of our Family. The way I see it, it’s their fault, if someone could of got me help instead of gossiping maybe my family be alive, maybe I could of had a normal life,” he wrote. “But no, everyone wants to talk, to judge. Find a way to live my life, to do all I did, to fell all my pain then you can judge me. How many Virginia tech massacers, how many columbines, how many Ross’s, Davis’s, Henderson’s is it gonna take to show kid’s are not being properly raised/helped/counsaled like they need to be. The Guilt of the crimes lies in the so called innocent, we were just the puppets that released the evil society breeds. You want Justice, you want us to feel pain, our whole lives have been pain. Me being in here with no friends, no family, just guilt, that’s pain. Just keep gossiping, keep . . . cause pain is coming to a place called home. Let’s see how you handle it.

    First off, if he wants death, I say no problem. To me, it sounds like he’s trying to pull a Susan Smith. She begged for a death sentence, and they gave her a life sentence. Personally, I don’t think Henderson wants any part of a death sentence. I think he’s bluffing, and I hope the jury calls him on that bluff.

    Secondly, I love how Henderson pulls the old “blame society” crap. Society didn’t cause him to kill his family. Only Henderson caused that. No one in this society is owed anything. The only thing that, I hope, is owed to Henderson is a quick trial and a death sentence.

  • V-Tech Rampage hits the press

    V-Tech Rampage hits the press

    Ryan Lambourn

    Outrage over Virginia Tech game:

    V-Tech Rampage has made it to the mainstream press, in Australia anyway. The game’s creator, 21-year-old Ryan Lambourn, is just another mutant.

    Lambourn said that while he felt remorse for those who had lost friends and relatives in the massacre, he also had sympathy for the gunman.

    “No one listens to you unless you’ve got something sensational to do.” he said. “And that’s why I feel sympathy for Cho Seung-hui. He had to go that far.”

    That’s a great message to send, isn’t it? If you don’t get your delusional way, go out and kill a whole bunch of people. Pathetic.

    Let’s throw in some disrespect for the victims as well…

    The game text also refers to “Emily”. Emily Jane Hilscher, 18, was Cho’s first victim. The subject of his infatuation, she was shot in a dormitory.

    “Emily stayed overnight with her boyfriend, Karl, again last night. He’ll be dropping her off at school as always …,” the game text reads.

    And sprinkle in a little bit of internet tough guy…

    Players who fail to shoot the characters get the following message at the conclusion: “Mediocrity. You let Emily get away!

    Are you always full of shit, McBeef? Try again, this time don’t be such a wuss.”

    Mix it all together, and what do you get? Just another attention whore mutant trying to cash in on a tragedy.

    Or as one blogger put it…

    “People like this need to be publicly beaten,” reads one blog comment. “This asshole is possible the worst little piece festering of pond scum in years.”

    Word.

  • MySpace refuses AGs’ requests

    MySpace refuses AGs’ requests

    MySpace won’t release list of sex offenders to states:

    In a follow-up to my post about 8 attorneys general who have demanded that MySpace give up all their information about sex offenders using their site, MySpace has flatly denied the request.

    MySpace’s chief security officer said the company regularly discloses information to law enforcement officials but the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act says it can only do so through proper legal channels .

    Christian Genetski, an attorney who has represented MySpace, said the Electronic Communications Privacy Act requires subpoenas, court orders, or search warrants.

    Um…aren’t attorneys general supposed to be knowledgeable of the law? Then why did MySpace’s lawyers just give them the legal smackdown?

  • SCMRPG creator condemns V-Tech game

    SCMRPG creator condemns V-Tech game

    It seems that one Danny Ledonne, creator of the ever tasteless Super Columbine Massacre RPG, is even down on V-Tech Rampage. He left the following comment at Game Politics…

    Inevitably, comparisons between SCMRPG and VTech Rampage are being made right nowÂ? For myself I wish to point out that SCMRPG was never a for-profit endeavor and thus I never posted statements like that which is on the VTR game’s homepage:

    I will take this game down from newgrounds if the donation amount reaches $1000 US, i’ll take it down from here if it reaches $2000 US, and i will apologize if it reaches $3000 US.

    This quote seems to indicate that Ryan has no intention of leaving the game up permanently or having a channel for discourse (as I have done) but instead has unfortunately chosen an artist’s statement that reads more like a hostage note

    I would like to ask bloggers to consider not whether a game about the Virginia Tech shooting SHOULD be made but how we might go about making a game that accomplishes more than VTR does with the subject matter.

    Wow, when you’re being talked down to by the original tasteless homemade game designer, you must have something wrong with you.

    And to answer your question, Danny, a game about Virginia Tech should not be made. Just like there shouldn’t have been one made about Columbine.

  • Hainstock not coerced says judge

    Hainstock not coerced says judge

    Judge: Hainstock not coerced:

    Sauk County Circuit Judge Patrick Taggart has ruled that Eric Hainstock was not coerced, nor did he have his Miranda rights “rammed down his throat” by police.

    “The court finds that the officers were careful to make sure that this juvenile understood his rights, could have his parents notified if he wanted them to be notified and a review of the recording disclosed a juvenile who, although he may have had educational shortcomings in certain areas, demonstrated an ability to recognize his rights and to proceed without an attorney or his parents present,” he wrote.

    This trial should be relatively short.

  • AGs pressure MySpace for info

    AGs pressure MySpace for info

    8 States Seek Sex Offender Data From MySpace:

    Attorneys General from eight states, including North Carolina’s Roy Cooper and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal, sent what I’m sure is a strongly worded letter to MySpace demanding they turn over sex offender information.

    In a letter, the attorneys general asked MySpace to provide information on how many registered sex offenders are using the site, and where they live. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper signed the letter, along with attorneys general from Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

    In a statement, Cooper’s office said media outlets in 2006 “reported almost 100 criminal incidents across the country involving adults who used MySpace to prey or attempt to prey on children.”

    In December, MySpace announced it was partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. to build a database with information on sex offenders in the United States. Software to identify and remove sex offenders from the site was launched in early May, MySpace officials said Monday in a statement.

    “It is our understanding that the data from Sentinel reveals that thousands of known sex offenders have been confirmed as MySpace members,” the letter said.

    In an interview, Cooper said the information was provided by “absolutely credible” sources, whom he declined to identify.

    This is how I imagine the press conference in Raleigh went…

    AG Cooper: It is our understanding that the data from Sentinel reveals that thousands of known sex offenders have been confirmed as MySpace members.

    Reporter: Who provided you that information?

    AG Cooper: Um…a guy.

    Here’s a thought. Rather than having MySpace do your work for you, why don’t you keep better track of your sex offenders? Especially you, Mr. Blumenthal. Connecticut seems to have a serious problem with SOs if this site is any indication.

    While you’re at it, why don’t you keep them behind bars longer?

  • Virginia Tech-The Game

    Virginia Tech-The Game

    Yes, I’ve heard about the Virginia Tech game where you get to play as Cho Seung-Hui. I haven’t played it yet, but I have the feeling I’m not going to be as outraged about it as I was about SCMRPG.

    It’s a flash-based game hosted at the bastion of bad taste that is Newgrounds.

    I get the feeling that it’s just some guy being an ass rather than some guy being an ass claiming he’s making an artistic statement.

  • Marlee Johnston’s dad helps write law for blended sentencing

    Victim’s dad helps craft bill requiring blended sentences:

    Ted Johnston is the father of Marlee Johnston. When Marlee was 14, she was bludgeoned to death with an aluminum baseball bat by 14-year-old Patrick Armstrong.

    Armstrong allegedly admitted to cellmates that he enjoyed every minute of it. So it comes as something of a surprise that Ted Johnston has helped write legislation that would allow juveniles convicted as adults to spend part of their sentence in a juvenile facility prior to turning 18.

    Ted Johnston said it’s wrong for juveniles who have committed even the most despicable crimes to be placed in adult prisons. He has been working on legislation drafted by the Attorney General’s Office that would require blended sentences for the youngest offenders.

    Remembering his daughter Marlee as kind and compassionate, Johnston said he is trying to pay homage to that part of her through his own actions.

    “We don’t need to be abandoning people _ even when they did something as horrible as Patrick (Armstrong) did,” Johnston said, referring to Marlee’s killer.

    “I don’t think that’s right,” Johnston said. “I know Marlee wouldn’t either, so to honor her memory we had to make a change.”

    Under the bill that Johnston helped develop, those under 16 who are tried and convicted as adults would be placed in juvenile facilities until they turn 18, and only then be transferred to adult prisons to complete their sentences.

    Deputy Attorney General William Stokes said the legislation addresses the rare circumstance of someone very young committing a very serious offense.

    “The dilemma we faced with Armstrong was we had a very young victim, and very young suspect who was also 14, who committed a horrendous act and very serious crime,” Stokes said.

    Maybe in Maine, it’s rare, but just by reading this site you can see that it’s not so rare in other places.

    Anyway, I have no problem with juveniles spending part of their sentences in a juvenile facility until they turn 18. However, don’t confuse compassion for weakness. I still fully endorse that juveniles that commit such horrendous acts like the brutal murder of Marlee Johnston still need to be tried as adults.

  • Victim’s family reacts to Jonesboro shooter

    Victim’s family reacts to Jonesboro shooter

    Victim’s family reacts to Mitchell Johnson tape:

    Shannon Wright was the teacher who was killed in the Jonesboro massacre. Her husband, Mitch Wright, had the following reaction to the taped deposition of released gunman Mitchel Johnson.

    “If he would just come clean and say yes i shot these people because i wanted to do this, versus just getting on there and saying i didn’t mean to hurt anyone,” he said.

    “He looks at his self as being a victim to this day he will not take any responsibility for what he did.”

    “Have they been rehabilitated?…have they changed? i think the community would like to know…from what i’ve seen and read…I don’t believe so,” said Wright.

    Take responsibility? That will be the day. School killers who survive and are convicted never take responsibility. In their warped world, they’re the victims. Never mind the fact that Johnson and co-coward Andrew Golden killed 5 people and injured another 10.

    Speaking of Golden, he’s set to be released in less than two weeks on the 25th thanks to a now-closed loophole in Arkansas law that at the time of their convictions that said they could only be held until their 21st birthdays.

    And people wonder why I have no qualms about teen murderers being tried as adults.

  • Beware of anti-bullying laws

    Beware of anti-bullying laws

    VIEWPOINT ~~ Beware of anti-bullying laws:

    This is a great editorial on why anti-bullying laws are ineffective. Here’s my favorite part of the article.

    Government regulation of offensive speech opens the door to any complaint of being offended, by anyone, for any reason. The Columbine killers have often been described as victims yet they themselves routinely rejected and harassed all classmates who did not share their antisocial beliefs and behavior. Then they ironically protested of being bullied when their offensive behavior did not endear them to their peers. Had speech laws been in effect at Columbine, students like Klebold and Harris would have made numerous frivolous bullying complaints just to punish everyone they didn’t like.

    So, wouldn’t that be anti-bullying laws being used to bully?