Thoughts on the Boston Bombers

The surviving suspect in the Boston bombing is lucky that the cops caught him, because the cops are gentler than any one of us would be, if we had caught him by ourselves. There is a shocking latent savagery in many of us, especially when emboldened by public outcry and righteous indignation.

The thought of the terrorist surviving another day rankles. Yet I am reminded of Gandalf's arguments in favor of sparing the murderers Gollum and Wormtongue. Perhaps there is value in sparing a murderer's life, because during or after a trial, motives and other useful information often come to light. Maybe murderers must live in order to be examples of the worst. Maybe their miserable fate also serves as an example to others. I have always had two minds about capital punishment.

I do not believe all that I read concerning the younger terrorist. I don't believe he was a passive stoner, a naive pawn of a dominant older brother, as the media suggests. People tend to judge others based upon looks. The surviving terrorist is beautiful; even so, he is a devil. It is possible for evil to seem fair and speak with the voice of an angel, as did Sauron in the Silmarillion. I am glad one of the terrorists was slain and the other apprehended, and I hope that the government loses the key to the surviving scum's cell and never lets him go.

It annoys me that certain immigrants have such an easy time claiming permanent residency in the United States, which is the dream of many a gay foreign spouse. Why do we need more fanatic Islamists coming into this country? They should go to Saudi Arabia instead, if they love Islam so much. Go to Saudi Arabia and soak up all the Islam you can stand, if that's what you want. Don't come over to America and hate Americans because we're not Islamic. I read that the surviving terrorist scum had even received a $2,500 scholarship. This country welcomed those two scum with open arms, and they were given every conceivable opportunity to succeed.

Republicans in Congress are going to use this incident to punish the innocent, namely the gay foreign spouses who can't get a green card due to current immigration policy.