anotherlook

A 47-year old Philadelphia mother was sentenced to three months to a year in prison for providing her son with explosive material and access to firearms she purchased.  She also has to serve five years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of child endangerment.   

Her teenage son, who had been bullied at the high school he attended, had taken enough and had planned to attack the school with guns and explosives last year.  He is now in juvenile custody after admitting the planned attack. 

Wouldn’t it have been better to transfer the son out of that school if things were becoming unbearable for him?  Could she have possibly home schooled him, sent him to live with relatives, allowed him to go to adult education or allowed him to take classes for a GED instead of encouraging him to kill other people. 

At age 47 it seems as though she would have learned some level of problem solving.  She would have realized that there were other viable solutions to the problem besides homicide yet, these grown people are taking part in their children’s life and leading them into situations that have deadly consequences. 

I tried to put myself in the mother’s situation and feel the hurt she may have felt watching the sadness build in her son but my imagination never took me to the point that I would even feel comfortable in the knowledge that I could encourage someone to participate in the murder of other children.  How do you get there from a sane mind? 

I look at little Kaylee Anthony’s mom, such a nice looking young lady, I see her tears and I wonder what went wrong in her mind.  Is she really guilty of this horrendous murder and the game she has been playing with law enforcement personnel?  Was the murder an accident, and when it happened she just snapped and blocked it out?  Were these mothers on drugs? 

In my effort to understand, I am bewildered and baffled, confused and mystified at just how “normal” these people appear.  Casey Anthony will not be allowed to attend her daughter’s funeral – does she even care that she will not be allowed there? 

The things I see in the world are unbelievable sometimes even to me.  I do not shock easily because I believe some people are basically capable of anything and everything, yet, when these things happen, my mouth drops open with shock and disbelief and I am left wondering how could this happen without those around these people never suspecting what was playing in the heads of the accused. 

Homicide is a giant step across a broad line for me unless it comes down to self defense. 

And that’s the way I see it!!