Recently, there was a man walking up my street singing to himself and being merry- just like every other person in this city at this time of year. No one could have known that he would no longer be here for his family to see 2009 into with him or to get to say good bye.
The one thing I, and every other person I have spoke to about this, cannot understand is how someone can have no feeling for life and no conscious, so much so that they can take someone else life away from another.
I went to work on Tuesday and saw that there were police and that the road had been cornered off to the public. Throughout the day, there were more police, scientific investigators and detectives surrounding the corner- a man had been stabbed and murdered, in what so far has been said to be an unprovocked attack. Its not the fact that it is another stabbing that makes me feel uncomfortable, as there have been many in this country throughout the past year, but the fact is that it was less than a kilometre away from my doorstep. In a city that does not have a high violence record this is the most shocking of crimes!
Coming from a small town, seeing the scene so close up seems like a nightmare, like it has not happened and it being imagined. There are certain aspects of life that I can not accept and this is one of them. What person has the right to take away anothers life? Or feels that they have the right todestroy a living being, not only the victims but the family of them and anyone that has ever met them. It is hard enough grieving for a loved one that has sadly passed away, but to have to bury someone you love that has been selfishly taken from you is something I wish no one to ever have to go through. Unfortunately, it is part of life. And it has been happening since the beginning of time and sadly it will always be something you have to worry about.
I just hope that for the family of this poor man, there will be justice and that the killer will be caught and sentanced appropriately.
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