THE FACE OF EVIL

I kind of wanted to stay away from the story because it's just too sad and sadistic, but everywhere you look, there's a news story about the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. I have to say that after reading some of these stories, you can't help not to get choked up or at least full of rage about what happened. Having nieces and nephews this age, just makes you want to hug them and hold them tight and never let go because there are some really sick people out there.

I didn't get to even see what this Adam Lanza kid looked like, and now that I've seen him, I have to say that his physical features even make him look like a psycho. This kid must've gotten his ass kicked in school many times. From what people that knew Lanza have been saying, he was a dark and disturbed, deeply troubled boy from a wealthy family. A friend of the family said that he suffered from Asperger's syndrome, which is a personality disorder. I don't feel that the Aspergers would've caused Lanza to commit such a heinous crime though. I have a friend with Aspergers and he was just socially awkward to a point where he almost annoyed anyone around him. He was just say things that didn't make any sense, but he probably had one of the biggest hearts in the world. My friend is a very nice guy and I can't picture harming a fly, but I guess if push came to shove, who knows what could happen. Lanza was also said to be socially awkward and unstable at times, but also extraordinarily bright. He started taking college courses when he was 16 years old. 

 An ex-classmate of Lanza's tweeted, "As horrible as this was, I can't say that I am surprised....Burn in hell, Adam!" How awkward was this kid? Another fellow classmate said that Lanza used to walk the halls of middle school carrying a black briefcase instead of a backpack like normal kids in school. He also said that Lanza wasn't a total outcast, but he didn't speak much. Lanza lived with his devoted mother, Nancy, whom he killed first, in four-bedroom house. Nancy divorced Adam's father, Peter, who is a vice president of taxes for GE Energy Financial Services, in 2008. He agreed to annual alimony payments that started at $240,000 and would have reached $298,800 by 2015. All of that aside, what the hell could Lanza's motive been to take out his mother and 20 innocent children in her school? Did you see his arson? Another sick note is that all of these guns were registered by his mother, Nancy! This is why owners of guns, should keep these guns locked up. I also feel to get a gun license, there needs to be stricter laws like they have for vehicle licensing. One other thing, Lanza's mother supposedly told her drinking buddy that she feared her son was getting worse and that he was 'burning himself with a lighter' and that she was 'losing him'. Um, wouldn't that be clue number one that maybe he should've been seeing a psychiatrist? 

 

 Here's another sick side note; apparently, the tragedy in Newtown was almost one of two tragedies that day in an elementary school. Hours after the bloodshed in Newtown, police in Oklahoma caught wind of Sammie Eaglebear Chavez's plot to lure schoolmates and teachers to the gym and then open fire on them. A classmate overheard Chavez scheming on Thursday and cops arrested him on Friday morning before he could carry out his plan. He apparently owned a Colt .45 handgun and was apparently plotting to also blow the school up with explosives. No motive is known for this plot yet, but what the hell is wrong with people? Is life that bad that you have to plot to kill innocent people? I don't get it! How are these kids getting guns? Why are our kids so screwed up? Why do I have to worry about my nieces and nephews or sons and daughters now when I send them to school? This whole thing is just insane!