September 16, 2016

The Age of Little Reason

By Jim Culp

            It's very hard to believe it is September, and harder to believe that we will have a new President in elect in just 50 days. But I read some articles this morning that both shocked and amazed me. It was only a few days ago that I cooled myself off from the Brock Turner ordeal, and I was hoping my blood wouldn't boil again so soon.

            Today I read an article posted by an old friend in Ireland, and it set me back a bit as I read it. I am again wondering what our society is coming to, and if this isn't the end of what we call a sensible and moral structure for what our nation should be.

            The article I am referring to is about a two year old girl. That two year old will be nameless in this article, because I don't know her name, and wouldn't release it if I did out of respect for the family. That two year old girl was raped by a 16 year old kid, who was 17 at the time of arrest, and after two years in Juvi, he's now 19. This person, Kraigen Grooms, in April of 2013, raped that two year old girl while another "man" recorded the event. Grooms was arrested in March of 2014, and charged with a Class B felony with a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. He plead guilty to one count of a lascivious act with a child, and Judge Myron Gookin decided not to require any prison time for him.

He will be required to register as a sex offender, and received five years of supervised release with a potential 10-year suspended sentence if he breaks parole.

            I have one reply and a few statements, then I'll ask something of you, dear reader, and it wont be money, I promise. My reply to the above information is "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?" Please excuse the expletive, but ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Ok, I'm done with that.

            My first statement starts with a question. Where are we going with this? Is rape no longer a crime? Brock Turner raped a college age woman, and got off clean as a whistle. Austin Wilkerson got two years probation for raping a woman that he was supposed to be caring for. And not that I want to trivialize either one of them, but THIS IS RAPE OF A TODDLER. What kind of sick mother fucker does shit  like that? The answer is Kraigen Grooms. Not only him, but the sick son of a bitch that filmed it.

            So let me give you my solutions. I know judges make life changing decisions every day, and I understand leniency in many cases. I've had friends and relatives that committed crimes, but there were reasons for it, and the judge was either humane about it, or gave them more than they deserved. But we are talking about RAPE. In the case of Grooms, raping a child. A society that does not pass laws that enforce strict punishments for this type of behavior are societies that do not need to spend another day in existence on this planet.

            Rape of a woman takes a piece of her sanity, and furthermore, it takes a piece of her soul. Rape is an invasion of your most private sanctuary, and way after the physical abuse is over, the impact on your mind and your sanity go years further.

However, rape of a child is one of the cruelest malice, that act of a psychopath, and the punishment for such must take the form of a lesson that the sane and insane see in full view, and think a little harder the next time they think of committing such an act.

I think back to the Roman Empire. Rape of a Roman woman by a Roman citizen was punishable by a severe beating and imprisonment. Rape of a Roman woman by any other was crucifixion, a grueling form of prolonged death. Both were displayed publicly, and in the case of Roman on Roman, the person was disgraced and shunned in society for life.

            Today, we do not punish violent criminals, we pacify them with "punishments" like probation, counseling, and penalties, and sometimes long prison terms. This is a

failure of modern society. Criminals are placed in check by two things: Fear of death, and fear of no future. These are accomplished by a justice system that classifies psychopaths and other violent criminals completely separate from thieves and hustlers. That justice system ensures the proper punishment of a convicted criminal's crime. Steal a car? You do five years of hard labor. Hustle someone? You do ten years of picking up trash on our highways. Kill someone in other than self defense? You're executed within 60 days of conviction; conviction without a shadow of a doubt, per the Constitution of the United States of America. Rape a woman? IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONVICTION, the FAMILY OF THE RAPED decides your fate, no matter what that is, and of no cost to the taxpayer. Rape a child? (this includes priests) You are publicly (mechanically) violated, and hung in the city square. Your name is shamed for all time.

It's that simple. You don't reform violent criminals. You don't reform rapists, and your sure as fuck do not reform sick mother fuckers that rape children or babies. You eradicate them from the Earth.

            That all being said, let me get back to what can happen, and is already happening. A large number of persons (including myself) are signing a petition to have the judge (that let the rapist off with a hand slap) disbarred and removed.

You can sign that petition at:

 https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-judge-myron-gookin-releasing-toddler-rapist-kraigen-grooms.

PLEASE take a minute and do so.

            My final comment. Do we live in the age of reason? If so, I cant see it. That little girl will NEVER be the same, even after years of therapy. Those acts of cruelty and malice will scar her mind and soul for years to come. Let's stop letting things like this happen. Our government and justice system must be reformed. It isn't working, and people are paying the price for it.