SO sad...

I wanted to post a blog about something that's been on my mind a couple of days now. I'm sure by now you've heard of the 16 yr old girl in FL who was basically imprisoned in a house with 6 other girls and severely beaten. not only was this poor girl their "friend" but the feud started over "trash talking" in myspace comments and texts messages. this girl was beaten so badly that her parents admitted to not being able to recognize her in the hospital she suffered from a concussion, among the many bruises and severe swelling and has STILL not regained complete uses of her left ear and eye! reading these articles and seeing the parents and police speak out about it on Youtube has shaken me to the core. these are girls between 14 and 17 who not just beat the shit out of someone but could have killed her! and above all that they video taped it for laughs and posted it online. now some people blame myspace and youtube and believe they should be shutdown... i disagree. i DO believe that Youtube especially should monitor all video postings, same with Myspace. I know that requires a lot more work...but honestly had these girls known there was no way to post this video there's a chance it may never had happened. on the other hand, because of places like youtube people like me can access these stories and become more aware of the world around us, more than half the news i get in a week comes from online videos! however, regardless off all that i hope these children (6 girls and 2 boys who were lookouts) learn the consequence of their behavior. i can only pray that they are ALL charged as adults and serve hard time for what they've done to this poor girl! imagine, if they get away with this how will they be in 5 years or 10 years once they're fully grown? sure some of the girls may have been more involved in the physical beating than the others, but the fact of the matter is not one fucking person stepped in and said you know what...this is wrong. not one girl tried to stop what was going on or warn the girl before she walked into that house!

a few months ago 4 men walked into a home in Indianapolis and shot and killed 2 mothers and their children! Both mothers were 24 years old and the babies were 23 months and 4 months old. all victims were shot multiple times in the face and torso. a few days later one of the men turned himself in and the 3 others were quickly brought in as well...and you know what, there's a good chance that only one or two of them will spend their life in jail! all because they pulled the trigger and the others men didn't...now is that right? no! because like i said before, not one of those other men tried to stop anyone or called the police right away or call an ambulance...nothing. so should they all serve the same term...in my eyes absolutely!

this whole "well i didn't pull the trigger/throw the punch so i get less time even though i didn't try to stop it" attitude has to change! if you watch someone shoot some or you know your going over to a friends house to tape them beating the shit out of someone else you should with out doubt serve the EXACT sentence as them!

i know that's a lot of writing but this story has been breaking my heart, please watch the videos of people giving their 2 cents on youtube...it's a sad story but unfortunately things like this happen all the time and we need to be aware so that next time maybe someone will speak up and stop something like this from happening!

LOVE!!