Daily Archive for October 25th, 2006

More Calls for Death Penalty in Child Rapes

Published on October 25, 2006 in Soapbox. 3 Comments

More Calls for Death Penalty in Child Rapes
Measures in several states are meant to deter, but critics see execution making victims less likely to tell — and more likely to be killed.

By Lianne Hart, Times Staff Writer
October 10, 2006 HOUSTON — With the election just a month away, politicians examining ways to stop violent sexual offenders from striking again are increasingly calling for laws that would allow states to execute repeat child molesters.
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is the latest to join the effort, proposing a plan Oct. 3 that would require a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 25 years for first-time offenders and the possibility of death for a second conviction.

It’s about time more than three states started seriously considering child sexual abuse to be bad enough to take the person off the face of the earth. There are only a hand full of states with laws on the books that allow for the execution of child rapists- Louisiana, Florida and Montana. These laws are on the books but not really used. There is currently one man in the entire country on death row for the rape of a child not resulting in death. He is in Louisiana.

The words of this particular politician seem like strong ones, saying that rape can and will destroy the life of the victim. In the article he says “These are crimes that have lifelong effects on the victims. Some never have a normal life. It destroys life as surely as a gun to the head” I agree totally but the mass of citizens will have to agree and have to see the death penalty as equal to the crime.

Texas says they care about their children and say that they want to send a message that if you want to do this kind of crime then don’t do it in our state. Texas might want to stop pretending that they care. If they really want to show they care then the first step is to stop letting sex offenders out for “good behavior” and letting them out early because of jail house over crowding so they can go and offend again. If they want to avoid the whole death penalty thing with the Supreme Court then make life in prison without the possibility of parole mandatory for predators.

That’s going to cost some serious money though. My suggestion is to forget these stupid lottery things and start building more prisons and start taking the safety of children seriously. There is so much wasted money and it makes me sick. Yeah, okay Dateline catches predators every Friday for our viewing pleasure but are they really doing anything? Will those men be charged sufficiently? When they get out won’t they offend again just so we can go back and have this conversation all over again? Will there be any lessons learned? Will Dateline continue give repeat offenders the TV time they need to show the world just how much control they have over our children and the safety of our mental peace. Dateline gives us a look at the world every single Friday but gives no real solutions. My thought is, the main difficulty is how the victim is viewed. Are women and children important enough to say, “If you prey upon them we’re giving you the needle?” Is a sex crime viewed the same as murder? It should be because they take the very soul and rob it blind and leave it knowing full well the person will be allowed to roam the streets again so they can rob and mutilate yet another soul.

This one inmate on death row for the rape of a child in Louisiana (Patrick O’Neal Kennedy) apparently has the law answer the question for us concerning children. His appeal for the execution is based on the fact that the US Supreme Court laws say the death penalty is for the rape of women not children.

On the subject of female predators, I’ve seen a slight change in the media concerning these monsters. There are still jokes flying left and right about teachers with male students, much to my disgust and confirming that male victims are not seen in the same light as female victims. Recently on TV three major shows on ABC had a female offender. I was shocked that three shows in one week showed gruesome acts by women instead of the perp always being male. One show had a woman that helped and encouraged her husband to do the Sleeping Beauty type rapes (Somnophilia aka “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome). One show had a younger woman binding, torturing and killing teenage girls who appeared to have everything to live for. Shows like this may not be taken as they should be right now but perhaps enough of them will let people know the heart of a woman can be just as black as that of a man. Women offenders deserve the same legal treatment as men in all crimes including those against children. If this means the death penalty then so be it. It’s about time someone put a light on women offenders and stopped giving them psychiatric labels to explain away their violent behaviors.

I’m not a reporter, a journalist or any such thing, just a survivor who knows the full effects of what predators can do.

Austin

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Issues Binding

Published on October 25, 2006 in Art. 2 Comments Tags: .

Copyright 2006 @ Sundrip Graphics All rights reserved

Issues binding. This picture started out titled Walk With Me but in the middle of making it I turned to showing what it feels like to try and move with the past holding onto you. I thought about writing the word guilt on the floor of the painting but then I just left it blank because this could mean so many things. Held by guilt, held by nightmares, held by other issues, just held against your will and it feels like you just can’t break free. You know what though? I will.

Psalms 18:29- For by you I can run against a marauder band: And by my God I can climb a wall.

Austin

For The Therapist: Slave To Dreams

Published on October 25, 2006 in Dreams, Mental Health, PTSD and Therapy. 0 Comments

Grandmothers house, empty car port.

In mvie theater. The movie showed on the screen but it was words only, no pictures. (opposite of what has been happening lately. I can’t seem to say words I can see the picture but can’t get the words out) the mother was in the seat next to me sleeping. The person next to me family member was picking with her while she slept. Never a good idea. The mother woke and said she had to use the restroom but that it felt good to hold it. She stood up to hold it and I began pushing her to the restroom. We finally got there and the line was long yet all the stalls were unoccupied. Every one of the toilets was gross, restroom tissue, crap, pee, all of them filled to the rim. Some of them had it on the sets and what not. it seemed each stall we went to got worse. then stall #8 had something even more strange. A kitten was sitting on the toilet seat climbing out of the bowl. He wasn’t wet or dirty or anything. He was scared to death though. When he realized he’d been seen he climbed out and stayed close to the wall, low and tried to run from the restroom. As he did the door opened and a lady came in with a toddler in her hand and an empty infant carrier. The cat climbed into the carrier and turned into a baby. Next thing you know the baby is tossed into the dirty toilet in stall #8. the baby was a new born, like hours old, very quiet too.

I took him and cleaned him off and went up to the popcorn stand to tell them I found a new born. The lady said she’d call child services but they were most likely closed until Monday morning. I decided to take the baby home with me until then. I remember thinking I wanted to keep the baby but it would be hell trying to get a birth certificate for him and legalize his adoption. It was time to feed the baby but somehow instead of a bottle he ended up inside a bag of milk. I asked a girl (?) if the baby could breathe in there and she said probably not so I opened the bag and wiped him off and began to burp him. I was walking around with him, he was still quiet. Then he moved a bit oddly in my arms. Someone was making a heck of a lot of noise and the newborn told them to shut up. Of course this was odd but what happened next was even more strange. I said to the baby, are you a demon. He said yes then proceeded to put his thumb in my right eye and try to blind me. I woke up. The babies body was normal proportions but his arms and legs were spaghetti sticks, literally spaghetti strips but dry not cooked. The proportions were equal but the baby was about 10 inches tops. The baby was maybe ½ pound. By the end of the dream he was a regular size baby.

Oct 24th 2006

I’m in the old school hallway and I can’t find my locker. The school is closing for the year and they’re giving out food. I’m walking along the hallway with a black kitten in my hands but the kitten turns into a baby doll. I put the doll on the floor and try to remember the combination to my locker. A girl says I’m irresponsible for putting a baby on the floor but I told her it was a doll. She was still angry.

I’m traveling around the country by car looking for someone (???) but at every rest stop is a shop selling porcelain dolls. Some are expensive and others are about $1.00.

I keep dreaming about dolls becoming cats or visa versa. I keep dreaming about cats multiplying but some are malformed. Some don’t have eyes or legs, some are just a head and there are tons of them all over the grass and the hill in front of the house in the 4th grade. It is always night time in dreams like that, always a filthy restroom, always someone to run from. The mother keeps the doors locked and looks out the windows suspiciously. She says someone is watching us and is coming for us. Sometimes in the dreams she is clothed and other times she is not…always the 4th grade house. This was the only house we lived in that was clean but it was also the house with a field in the back that I crossed in order to sit on the railroad tracks so it could run over me. 4th grade is a pivotal year. I started therapy then too, been in it ever since mostly on and off but mostly on clear up into high school.

Common theme:

  • Movie theater
  • Mutilated or malformed cats
  • Paranoid mother or sleeping mother
  • Grandmother’s house, empty carport

New or Newer:

  • Cats turning into babies and visa versa (meaning of cats in dreams)
  • Black porcelain dolls which I currently collect. (very small collection, about 15 ranging from about decent price to dirt cheap at $1.00) Wasn’t allowed to play with dolls when I was a kid.

I’m sick of being a slave to the dreams. Good gracious Dr. B.

See ya Thursday. I took a little vacation last week end from working on stuff. I had a good week end in general. I can’t complain about that at all. It was pretty nice. I’ve eaten a few times this week and I’ve done better with meds. Kept the curtains open, went outside a few times with Cap, talked on the phone a bit and other stuff. I’ve kept up with ADL’s. Sometimes I feel good other times I don’t. I’m up and down. When I’m up I’m up when I’m down dang am I down. I have a better support system than before so I suppose it makes the hard times easier to handle. It use to just be me out here hanging alone but thats not so true anymore.

Me

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