The Purest Form of Evil....

I'm growing tired of and becoming extremely disheartened by all of the news stories that keep popping up about parents who can't handle the cards they've been dealt, and decide to end their lives because of it. But the ones I'm referring to only end their own life after they've killed their wives/husbands and children too. Usually it's after losing a job and the benefits that went along with it. Or a pending divorce. Or some other legal situation.

How does this solve anything? Yes, your life may be shit, at least right now. And maybe you'll have to struggle for a period of time to care for your family. Suck it up. Deal with it. Realize that this is your moment to prove yourself to them and the rest of the world. That you will do anything and everything you need to do to make sure your loved ones get through it all. It's not the time to wallow in self-doubt, thinking you are a failure and anyone around you is going to suffer just for knowing you so you might as well end their pain now. This type of action/reaction is the absolute purest form of evil in my mind. Life that you created (kids) or in the case of your wife/husband, life that you expanded and built upon, all of it is erased by your one selfish act. Sure, you may think it's an act of mercy and that you'll all be frolicking in the expansive daisy fields in heaven. One small problems with that is: If you believe in heaven, then you probably believe in Hell. Now, in the religious world there is a whole list of "Unforgivable Sins" and killing folks is right up at the top. You kill your family, and you are a murderer, and the worst kind of murderer (as if there were different stages of homicidal assholes.) And where do murderers go? That's right, to Hell supposedly. So while your wife/husband and your kids are enjoying free draft pints, state-of-the-art console game systems, and endless Monday Night Football, you'll be in the land of the Eternal Sunburn, or just getting chewed up by worms because even Hell won't accept you.

To sum it all up: Suicide/patricide/matricide/all in one, its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I don't care how worthless you feel, your family shouldn't have to die to make you feel like you're in control of the situation.

Anyways, I'm done for tonight/today...

Goodnight.

-B-