Casey Anthony is a reasonably attractive, obviously articulate, and at least somewhat intelligent 22-year old woman who in August of 2005 at the age of 18 gave birth to a daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. The father of her baby wasn't in the picture, and Casey proceeded to try to raise the young child with the help of her own parents. This is a situation not unfamiliar to many young women around the world. Also like many young people in her situation, Casey was not very mature in taking on the role of motherhood. Despite having the responsibilities of being mom to a young daughter, she also still had the desires of others her age. She wanted to go out and party, to date men and have a good time with her girlfriends. And as it turns out, Casey Anthony is also another in a long line of what some refer to as 'doe-eyed' criminals. There was something wrong with Casey Anthony behind those doe eyes, that winsome smile, and that pretty face. She was a habitual liar, which is problematic in itself. But then things took a turn for the worse. Sometime during the middle of June in 2008, just short of her 3rd birthday, little Caylee went missing. Casey didn't let anyone know of the disappearance until a month later when her own parents began to suspect that something was wrong and notified authorities. This set into motion a months-long investigation that finally led to the discovery of little Caylee's dead body in December, and Casey being charged with her murder. Casey Anthony is only the latest in a long line of these doe-eyed pretty girl criminals. Debra LaFave was a drop-dead gorgeous former model who had become a 23-year old teacher at the Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida. While on a field trip in 2004 she met a 14-year old student and in short order she began to have a sexual affair with this youngster. She seduced him into having intercourse with her at the school, in her car, and in her home, where the newlywed lived with her husband of less than a year. During one incident, the boy's 15-year old cousin drove LaFave's vehicle while she and her victim had sex in the back seat. This cousin reported the incident to police, an investigation ensued, and LaFave was criminally charged. She originally accepted a plea agreement which was rejected by the courts. Lucky for her, as the charges were ultimately dropped when her young victim refused to cooperate with authorities. Back in 1968, at the age of just 19, a beautiful brunette named Leslie Van Houten moved into a hippie commune at the Spahn Ranch just outside of Los Angeles. The spiritual guru of the community was a man by the name of Charles Manson. The members of their commune were heavily into using LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs, and this made young Leslie and the other members more susceptible to Manson's race war concept known as 'Helter Skelter'. On August 10th, 1969, Van Houten went along with 5 other 'family' members as Manson drove them to the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. It was here that Van Houten took part in the murders of the couple that helped gain national notoriety for Charles Manson and his followers. Leslie Van Houten was arrested, charged, convicted, and sentenced to a life term that she still serves today. The actions of these three physically beautiful young women highlight the fact that we far too often associate pathological, anti-social, aggressive and criminal acts with a hardened male face. It should always be remembered that it is what lies behind those eyes, whether cold and hard or doe-like, that tells the true potential of a sociopath.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Casey Anthony Just Latest Doe-Eyed Criminal
Casey Anthony is a reasonably attractive, obviously articulate, and at least somewhat intelligent 22-year old woman who in August of 2005 at the age of 18 gave birth to a daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. The father of her baby wasn't in the picture, and Casey proceeded to try to raise the young child with the help of her own parents. This is a situation not unfamiliar to many young women around the world. Also like many young people in her situation, Casey was not very mature in taking on the role of motherhood. Despite having the responsibilities of being mom to a young daughter, she also still had the desires of others her age. She wanted to go out and party, to date men and have a good time with her girlfriends. And as it turns out, Casey Anthony is also another in a long line of what some refer to as 'doe-eyed' criminals. There was something wrong with Casey Anthony behind those doe eyes, that winsome smile, and that pretty face. She was a habitual liar, which is problematic in itself. But then things took a turn for the worse. Sometime during the middle of June in 2008, just short of her 3rd birthday, little Caylee went missing. Casey didn't let anyone know of the disappearance until a month later when her own parents began to suspect that something was wrong and notified authorities. This set into motion a months-long investigation that finally led to the discovery of little Caylee's dead body in December, and Casey being charged with her murder. Casey Anthony is only the latest in a long line of these doe-eyed pretty girl criminals. Debra LaFave was a drop-dead gorgeous former model who had become a 23-year old teacher at the Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida. While on a field trip in 2004 she met a 14-year old student and in short order she began to have a sexual affair with this youngster. She seduced him into having intercourse with her at the school, in her car, and in her home, where the newlywed lived with her husband of less than a year. During one incident, the boy's 15-year old cousin drove LaFave's vehicle while she and her victim had sex in the back seat. This cousin reported the incident to police, an investigation ensued, and LaFave was criminally charged. She originally accepted a plea agreement which was rejected by the courts. Lucky for her, as the charges were ultimately dropped when her young victim refused to cooperate with authorities. Back in 1968, at the age of just 19, a beautiful brunette named Leslie Van Houten moved into a hippie commune at the Spahn Ranch just outside of Los Angeles. The spiritual guru of the community was a man by the name of Charles Manson. The members of their commune were heavily into using LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs, and this made young Leslie and the other members more susceptible to Manson's race war concept known as 'Helter Skelter'. On August 10th, 1969, Van Houten went along with 5 other 'family' members as Manson drove them to the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. It was here that Van Houten took part in the murders of the couple that helped gain national notoriety for Charles Manson and his followers. Leslie Van Houten was arrested, charged, convicted, and sentenced to a life term that she still serves today. The actions of these three physically beautiful young women highlight the fact that we far too often associate pathological, anti-social, aggressive and criminal acts with a hardened male face. It should always be remembered that it is what lies behind those eyes, whether cold and hard or doe-like, that tells the true potential of a sociopath.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Some Parents Should Be Smacked
The ShopRite supermarket in Easton, PA received a simple request. The store provides birthday cakes, as many major chain groceries do now, and the parents of a little 3-year old boy wanted simply to buy a cake and have the tots name put on top. You know, "Happy Birthday so-and-so." Very simple, right? How much controversy could there be?. There was just one teeny, weeny, little problem for the store employee in the bakery section: the little tots name is Adolf Hitler Campbell. These parents named their child after one of the worst human beings in the history of the planet. Perhaps the next will be Charles Manson Campbell? Nope, because they actually already have two other children. Two-year old JoyceLynn Arian Nation CampbellS, and one-year old Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. I mean, what happened there? Why not go right out and have the guts to call the kid Heinrich Himmler Campbell? Seriously, some parents should be smacked upside the back of the head, at a minimum. Parents name their kids for these goofy-assed shock value reasons, never considering that the poor kid has to grow up and live with this name for the rest of their life. Now, I am all for naming your child after your favorite movie star, music star, politician, baseball player, what have you. But let's be reasonable here, folks. There is a line. That line of decency and normalcy has been pushed back and pushed back by our society, but there comes a time that you have to stand up and call an idiot an idiot, and these parents are quite simply idiots of the first magnitude. The story got out in the Easton community, and a local newspaper interviewed the dear old dad of young Adolf. Dad's response was indignance at society's reaction: "People need to...start focusing on the future and forget the past" said dad Heath Campbell. The guy even had the gall to invoke the Obama name as a defense: "There's a new President, and he says its time for a change...a name's a name, the kid isn't going to grow up and do what he did", dad meaning Adolf Hitler, not Barrack Obama, of course. Maybe mom is normal, and dad is maneuvering all this, right? Try again. Mommy placed the order for the cake, and shopped around until she found a Wal-Mart that was willing to do it. Daddy Campbell, of course of German ancestry, thinks we all just need to get over it. Well, I guess we don't have much choice, dad. But as little Adolf grows up and his name gets out, I am betting that he has a much harder time getting over it. And that is your fault, Heir Campbell.
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