The state of the world lately...I just...I don't know anymore. I like to be positive. I try so hard to stay positive. But Sometimes it's just so hard. The way that people devalue the lives and hardships of others. I don't even know where to start. Here's what been getting me down, not necessarily in any particular order.
A while ago there was the rape trial. The one where the judge said that it wasn't rape because "sex was in the air". Just another way of saying that she was asking for it. No means no whether or not sex was previously implied. Here's the link for that story: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/rape-victim-inviting-so-no-jail--rape-victim-inviting-so-no-jail-116801578.html Then there was Amanda Todd. I talked about this in a previous blog, but it's just something I don't think should be forgotten. There was the Aurora shooting during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. It was something that killed a little bit of my soul. The people in that theater believed in heroes. They were people like myself and my friends who sought solace in something besides the darkness of this world, and twelve people were killed by that very darkness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting There was the Sandy Hook shooting. Possibly one of the most heartbreaking stories of the year. Children were murdered. Innocents who had their whole lives ahead of them, their futures were stolen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting There was the Stuebenville rape case. Terrible things were done to that girl. Pictures and video were taken. There were tweets detailing it. There were text messages. There was an abundance of evidence detailing the night that ruined a young woman's life. And what happened? Instead of the perpetrators getting maximum jail time, they were sentenced to two years while major news networks paid tribute to the attackers. http://www.upworthy.com/cnn-pays-touching-tribute-to-the-rapists-who-attacked-a-16-year-old-girl?c=upw1 There was a similar case to this one. The victim was recently taken off life support after attempting suicide following a rape where pictures of the rape were posted online. Even though there were pictures of the actual rape, police said there wasn't enough evidence to press charges. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/09/rehtaeh-parsons-suicide-bullying-rape_n_3044885.html Finally the Boston Marathon bombings. Why? Why must there be so much terror and hatred in the world. What could rationalize something like this? http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html I just can't make sense of this kind of world.
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