August 8, 2005
So, a man kills his wife after they have sex because he wants to watch sports and she wants to "cuddle." I won't bother asking why this is reported as news, because I have a general understanding of misguided prurient interests when it comes to sensational news stories (and then I'd have to point out that my bringing attention to it is only making it worse, and really, I'd rather stay blameless in this whole affair). But this quote from the judge caught my attention:
"The defendant struck his wife approximately 70 individual blows after spending a happy interlude with her," the judge said. "Her desire to cuddle after sex does not justify the extremely violent, brutal response of the defendant."
First problem with this: it's, well, a bit of an understatement. The second problem with this, as both myself and Siana noticed, is that the judge has phrased this in such a way as to imply that some response to her "desire to cuddle" was justified, just not this brutal. Or that something else other than wanting to cuddle would justify exactly this response.
Seems a bit careless with the language, in any case, especially considering he's a judge.
Posted by starlen at August 8, 2005 9:48 AM
