Forcible Murder is a Heinous Crime (in Support of Todd Akin)
Published on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - by Caroline Hamilton
I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV. But when I say forcible murder, I am talking about legitimate murderthe kind of murder in which the victim did not agree to die. And legitimate murder should be regarded as the first-degree homicide of an unwilling human being.
I am not talking about the kind of murder where the victim asks for it. That kind of murder is not as serious. Victims of this kind of murder are out late, in the wrong part of town, or doing something they shouldnt, or they live in a black bad neighborhood with lots of gang-bangers running around. So when this kind of victim get murdered, it is no surprise, and probably serves them right for being so immoral, or careless.
But legitimate murder is another kind of animal. A forcible homicide is when you are in your bedroom, maybe saying your prayers, or seated at your dining room table, maybe saying the blessing, and some dark-skinned stranger bursts in to rob you and kill you. That is just plain wrong. And that kind of behavior deserves the strongest punishment.
Legitimate murder is like legitimate rape, or what Paul Ryan and I call forcible rape. It happens when the victim is minding her own business, at home, not thinking about sex, not being wicked at all, possibly watching Fox News or reading the Bible, and someone bursts in and forces that innocent person to be the victim of a heinous crime. Legitimate rape is what could happen to your sister or mother or daughter when she didnt do anything to deserve it. She wasn't wearing a short skirt or showing her cleavage. She didnt go to a bar by herself. She wasnt out late by herself. Instead, she had maybe been shopping at the grocery store in a white safe neighborhood and was bending over in her modest attire to put those grocery bags in the minivan when some pervert saw his opportunity and forced himself on her. We can all agree that this kind of rape is wrong.
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