by I don’t know a lot about this case, just that three young men originally convicted of murdering three boys were allowed to take Alford pleas and were subsequently freed. Obviously there was enough wrong with the case for this to have taken place. Apparently even some of the family members of the boys believe the West Memphis Three are innocent.
There’s really no way to know for sure at this point if they are guilty or innocent. So I was shocked when I read the snippet of a letter to the editor published in People Magazine in response to an article they’d done about the case.
Someone named Melissa Lamer wrote, “I could care less about these men. My heart goes out to the families of those innocent little boys.”
First, of course it’s terrible for the families, but if these young men are innocent, it’s terrible for them too. If Melissa Lamer went to jail for 18 years for a crime she didn’t commit, and not just any crime but the crime of murdering children, would she feel the world didn’t owe her any compassion either? Obviously, she must believe the men are guilty, but since she can’t know that, I have to wonder why there is no room in her heart to imagine how horrible it might be for these three young men if they are, in fact, innocent. Maybe reserve your hate until we know for sure? There’s plenty of incontrovertibly bad things happening every day to get mad about.
I was walking through Washington Square Park last week and there was a small crowd of people very intently taking a picture of … something. I walked over. It was a squirrel. It must have been some squirrel, but I didn’t stay long enough to see.
I’ll bet they’re German tourists… most squirrels in Germany are red. (It must be true… it’s on the Internet. Perhaps it’s true for the rest of Europe?) Looks like the one they’re shooting – I mean photographing! – is grey. I remember being on a cruise that stopped in Quebec City – mostly Canadian & Americans, I think. We took a bus tour of the city & the driver must have spent 10 minutes in a park pointing out all the gery squirrels. We thought he was insane. Or, had a thing for grey squirrels. Anyway, that’s my theory.
Oh wow. Well, that might be it then. The squirrel was gray. Speaking of squirrels, here’s a squirrel video to make you cry, but a good cry, a happy cry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ImydMx6VI
I can’t believe that this woman, Melissa Lamer, would write: “I could care less about these men. My heart goes out to the families of those innocent little boys.” Guess what Bitch, those three boys have not gotten justice yet, or do you think it is a good idea to arrest the wrong people. Melissa, I hope you can spend some time in a tiny cell and imagine being there for 18 years when you are innocent!!