Thursday, 04 June 2009

• I'm with you, John Mayer

  In Cincinnati, which is relatively close to where I live, a 19 year old girl was killed on Monday, along with her 9 month old son and a 3 year old girl she was babysitting.  The particular district of the city in which she was killed is known as Over-The-Rhine, which is nationally famous for the levels of violence that occur there, and for white cops killing black people (which is another post in and of itself.)  The 19 year old's ex-boyfriend allegedly shot all three, after also allegedly raping the girl the day before, and feloniously assaulting (shooting) the father of the 9 month old a couple weeks before.  The suspect, whose name doesn't deserve mentioning on this blog, is in jail facing felonious assault charges.  The 19 year old was planning on moving to Tennessee soon to escape this man, who had apparently been stalking her for some time.

  If the suspect has done all he has been alleged to have done, then I don't think there's any question that the (insert your own term here) deserves to fry.  But that isn't what I want to discuss or debate.

  A lot has been made on the local talk radio shows about the area in which this happened.  OTR is very much a poor, urban, African-American neighborhood.  People have made many links, most undeservedly so, about how those things were all part of the equation that caused this to happen.  But I'm gonna let you all in on a little secret.  You don't kill three people cause you're black.  You don't kill three people because you live in a certain neighborhood.You don't kill three people because you're poor.  The reason you kill three people is because YOU'RE AN EVIL PERSON.  This man, and I use the term loosely, allegedly was upset at how this girl had treated him, and wanted revenge.  Nothing about his environment caused this, it was because the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually. 

  This brings me to the title of this post,  One of John Mayer's most famous songs is "Waiting on the World to Change."  I, too, am waiting on the world to change.  I'm waiting for a day when these kind of evil deeds no longer happen, where people don't live in fear.  As a Christian, I believe that day will only happen when Christ comes back, banishes evil, and sets up his kingdom on earth.  Not until then will our world be a great place to live.  So I'm waiting; waiting on the world to change.

  Thoughts?

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