Even Grissom can't solve this

At the rate I am going, I will have interims to last me till Christmas. Anyone wants one? They are on sale for 5 bucks a piece, don’t matter the number of words :P. I had wanted to blog about something but something else came to mind and this happens quite a lot.

If you haven’t read this, go read it before continuing. You will be equally disgusted and angry and paranoid. Just when we are trying to put the recent brutal murder behind us, this has to happen. No wonder my aunt said during dinner on Sunday “that if the crime rate were lowered, people who have been living overseas would consider returning, for good especially the older folks”. She said this in response to my cousin’s comment about how plenty of incentives are in place to lure citizens back but on record, only a few takers.

And worst, the parents are always the ones to blame. Blamed for allowing the child to wander around alone, blamed for leaving the child alone for 2 hours, blamed for dressing up the child like a clown..oopps, that last bit was targeted at me cos I tend to do that with Ashley, dress her up in mis-matched clothes. So yeah, sue me!!

Question the parents, ask them repeatedly why they left her alone for 2 friggin hours, lock them up. Better still, haul them to the gas chamber why don’t you? After all, no one knows who the killer is. He is so smooth, no one can catch him. He is faceless with no finger prints, no records, nothing..zilch. He couldn’t even be found in space (I just had to add that). Even if we had Gil Grissom, he couldn’t identify him either. Man, this is hard work. How many times must we tell these people not to leave their child alone. It is their fault. Yes, that’s it. The parents should be charged. It is definitely easier than looking for a faceless and finger-less criminal? Ok, maybe not both parents cos at least one of them should bear the consequences of losing the daughter for going back to work. The mother should not have worked. Her duty is to stay at home and look after the kids at all cost. The conclusion is, IT IS her fault. Off with her head. Case closed. Next!

Seriously, if that is how these crimes are going to be determined, then I will also pack my bags and leave. I am pretty sure leaving their child alone at home was the very last resort. I seriously think they are not daft. Having said that, 9 year olds being at home alone is no big deal. In those days, children were left alone while their parents worked the field and yet, nothing happens. The only difference between then and now is that there are more and more sick people roaming the streets.

So, before we judge harshly on the parents or the poor mother who went back to work simply because to even eat bread, we have to pay more. I am sure if they could’ve afford a babysitter for her, they would have because babysitters do not charge based on “per family” but “per child”.