The subject was a local celebrity, former cheerleader, the ex-wife of a very rich man who was HMFIC* of a big utility company, a woman who was charged and convicted of having carnal knowledge of a schoolmate of her son and was sentenced a couple of years ago to a number of weekends in jail for her crimes.
And now, having served a significant amount of her bid, she has been released for good behavior.
And it was on the news when she was freed.
And people broke their necks to get on Facebook, hollering, "Why is this news? Why do we need to hear about this?"
And I don't like rhetorical questions. I see a question, I answer a question.
When an adult has sex with a child, it is a crime. We don't like crime or the criminals who commit them, and we keep tabs on them so we know when they are rounded up, tried, convicted, and sent to the Big House. And we like to know when they are freed from the Big House so we can avoid being surprised to see them at the Fall Frolic or the mall or in the stands at the football game.
That's why it's news when a child molester is put in, or released from, incarceration.
The other disappointing aspect of the brouhaha was men crowing about how wonderful it was for this minor to be initiated into the wonderful world of sex in cars in parking garages. Left unsaid was how they would feel if their daughters of the same age were taken by men of the same age as the poor twisted soul we began talking about above.
Listen, Big Daddy: sex between adults and children is against the law. Matters of broken laws and the lawbreakers who break them are news.
This is all an offshoot of the effort some people make to make people disbelieve anything they read or see or hear. It's like when you were 13 and the neighbor lady saw you throwing rocks at someone's window, and you ran home to tell your parents what a liar that woman is.
The news is what's new. Whether or not we like what's new is another matter. Wishing that earthquakes and hurricanes weren't happening doesn't change the fact that they do.
*Head Man For Inspection Complaints
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