Criminals

This blog transmogrified into something I didn't intend. Sorry.

I have been accused of having a deviant mind. I confess that my mind is constantly active and imaginative. I think, though, that there is a huge difference between those who have deviant minds and those who are deviant. Sometime I will get around to writing about my dreams. A spectacular extravaganza, those. But that is for another blog. I mention dreams because sometimes I wonder what dreams are for or if my dreams are what I really think. As a man thinketh, so is he? Let's take criminals. As a friend said to me once, "...there are people who only rape." That's all they do. They wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and ask themselves who their victim will be today. They think and plan and wonder and imagine. Then they go and do. The same can be said for people who are criminals of various sorts. I don't think those who murder act spontaneously. They plan. The execute. No pun intended.

There are all sorts of crimes. The most despicable crime I can think of is abuse of children. There are dads who, while driving home from work, plan their encounter with their little daughters. To you monsters, I say, "I hate you." There is a special place carved out of hell prepared for you where you will wear a corn-filled turd suit and be forced to endure the Disneyland 'Stitch' attraction with periodic breaks for Jay Leno singing country music while giving Angela Lansbury a pedecure for eternity. (Maybe the Jay Leno thing was a little too harsh. Nobody should have to watch Jay Leno do anything for any reason.)

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a cop. He said that he dreads March because the weather improves and crime increases. What? Fair-weather felons? You have got to be kidding me. There are those who will put off their criminal needs because it's a bit nippy out? Fascinating. Perhaps if they stole a coat first...

My wife is fascinated with the criminal mind. Not mine, but those who act out against society. I can't really figure out what the allure is except to say that it intrigues her to the point that she buys serial-killer books and records any television show where the subject matter is gore. I may have to arrest her and put her in jail. She's been a naughty girl.

"Criminals and the Chicks Who Dig Them" next Oprah.

I have always been put off by the criminal insanity defense. I don't understand the notion that someone can be criminal enough to perpetrate atrocities and insane enough to get a reduced sentence or be acquitted. Can this really happen? How can we find an excuse for this type of behavior. How can we excuse the behavior for no other reason than the guy was crazy when he did it. How are we supposed to be able to sleep at night knowing that this happens? I guess that's what dreams are for.