Let Casey Anthony Help You Be a Better Person
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- Published on Thursday, 07 July 2011 16:30
- Written by Chase McGee
Let me begin by saying that I have every suspicion that Casey Anthony had an intimate role in the death of her daughter. What that entails I can only conjecture, but as there are enough theories ranging from the unsubstantiated to the completely ludicrous, I’m going to avoid making my own choose-your-own-adventure storyline here. This is a discussion for anyone outraged by the verdict about how you can make yourself a better person, and how Casey can help you be successful in that endeavor.
First let me point out a bit of logic here – you think Casey murdered her daughter, Caylee. For this, many of you would like to murder (via the death penalty for the somewhat sensible and via bludgeoning for the most hot-headed) Casey. Not with insurmountable proof, mind you, but circumstantial evidence and that visceral belief. This is all you need to burn with hatred and contempt and the most powerful bloodlust I’ve seen since September 11th. Certainly we cannot put on equitable planes these two events, but it would be wise to take note of the fallout of our thirst for vengeance after the Twin Towers fell. We invaded a country on false premises, lost thousands of men and women and have nearly brought our country to financial ruin. We went off half-cocked without all the information and we have suffered immensely from it. Can we not see a fraction of a reflection of this in our present maelstrom?
You cannot fault the system here. The system is full of its flaws – we know this. Hundreds if not thousands of innocent individuals are in jail and others, mostly minorities, are serving time beyond what is reasonable for their crime. But that is for another discussion. The objective of this case was to prove that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter, Caylee, beyond a reasonable doubt. I did not find many of the defense's arguments fair or honorable, and in a moment of candor I will suggest that I am repulsed by the mere appearance of Jose Baez. However, the prosecution was unable to produce the smoking gun, the piece of evidence that would place Casey beyond exoneration. I cannot say much of the defense’s misdirection (Was Baez suggesting Caylee drowned in a pool because Casey was sexually molested by her father when she was younger? Where was he going with that?) It certainly muddled the straight-forwardness of the trial, but beyond even those supercilious arguments, there was not the factual evidence to convict Casey Anthony of murdering her child. While you may feel like she just sat there “like a stone-cold bitch” or that she didn’t show enough emotion, or for that you think you have an intimate knowledge of dead body smell over malodorous trash smell – feelings do not a strong case make.
This is where Casey can help you be a better person. Google image her face, be it her mugshot or one of those detestable party pictures and just stare at her. Now, while you stare at her think these thoughts, “I am better than this woman. I pity her inability to understand the precious nature of human life of a child. But I will not become her. I will not let my anger transform me into the callous human being she is.” Because, even by some infinitesimally small chance Casey did not murder her child, she was indeed uncaring enough to let her fate be left to luck for the thirty days there was no mention made of her disappearance. You believe what you will of Casey Anthony, that is your prerogative, but raising a pitchfork in the air and calling forth the dogs of war makes you no better than the murderous object of your rage.
I am not a man of superstition – but I heartily hope that the randomness of karma finds all people of good deeds and bad. But karma has no agents; we must let the universe sort out the details and hope for the best. I mourn for the loss of another child in this world, I mourn that no one will be held accountable for her death, but what I must now focus on is how to keep the rest of my fellow humanity from letting their anger at one cruel, but inconsequential individual, transform them into that very same thing.
I don't believe that one must be a liberal to concur with CM's line of thought on this. Although I feel for the lost child and all who knew her, I have not suspended my life to watch every minute of the trial, nor am i awake nights worrying about the injustice. Life will get Casey if she killed her child, maybe not on my schedule, but it will come. There are thousands of missing, murdered and maltreated children in this country. Make your feelings about this case count for something other than vengeance on what is obviously a dysfunctional girl who should never have borne a child. Mentor a child, become a guardian ad litem, be a foster parent for those poor kids in DCF, donate to world hunger, volunteer at a school..........do something for those still living and stop wandering the Anthony neighborhood...get a life, help a child. By the way, I am a republican.
I agree with Mr. Mcgee. I think that the notion that he is floating here is not that outlandish. If we become the very people that we condemn then are we any better than the person who commits the crime? I would take Mr. McGee's argument and extend it to the next logical conclusion: opposition to the death penalty is the next likely step. An eye for an eye is not an argument of justice, it is an argument of vengeance.
does it hurt to be so liberal thinking?
It does take a great deal of effort and pain to point out contradictions in the world.