Is it just me?

I've seen this sign (or one extremely similar to it) in various cities. I'm not sure if I should even make this post because every time you see the sign I think you'll start thinking about it as I do.

I know that it's asking:
"Are you pregnant? Do you need someone to talk to?"


but every time I see this sign I read it as:
"Are you pregnant? Want help getting that way?"
In other words, I've always looked at it as someone asking you to call in if you want help getting impregnated. I can just imagine some greasy, bald-headed, middle-aged man with thick glasses eagerly awaiting a phone call so he can rush to the young lady's house to give his best efforts of getting her pregnant.

I don't know... is it just me? Or do others of you read it the same way?

Wow...

So I just ran across this article on CNN.com

I can't believe people are actually sick enough to do something like this... but then again... I guess I shouldn't really be surprised at what our human nature is capable of.

Here's a bit from the article:
Feb. 26th, 2008
"Two teenagers hid overnight in a house and spent more than six hours torturing a disabled woman after her mother left in the morning, authorities said.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said the teenage boy and girl tied up the 18-year-old woman, clubbed her, kicked her, shaved her head and soaked her with water before making her walk barefoot outside in the snow.

They also ignored pleas from the woman, who had undergone brain surgery, not to hit her in the head, investigators said."

The article said that they haven't yet decided whether or not the "children" will be tried as adults. I honestly can't see why they shouldn't be tried as adults. They knew perfectly well what they were doing.

And apparently, one of them was already in trouble with the law for something... which is why they wanted to steal the woman's car in the first place.

Yet again... another example of why we need harsher punishments. Had this little prick been issued a harsher punishment in the first place, he/she (didn't say which one was the previous offender) would have probably thought twice before doing something like this and this whole situation could've been avoided.

I don't even know what else to say on this matter. I just hope these "children" get what they deserve.

On second thought... this is another example of why I believe the definition to "cruel and unusual punishment" needs to be changed to "no more cruel or unusual than the crime committed."

In this case, the "children" should both be tied to a chair, be tortured for 6 - 8 hours, have their heads shaved, water thrown over them, then forced to walk around barefoot in the snow for a while.

Ok, this story has me all sorts of pissed. I'm out. Hopefully I'll have another update soon.