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No Sympathy for the Condemned


Some people never stand trial They go up onto a public stage, where their future has already been predetermined by the public They've already been labeled Murderers, Rapists, Sociopaths, Guilty, Wierdos Killers: They are looked down up by Condescending, Judgmental Eyes because they stand no chance. The crowds are always hungry for Blood And theirs looks best You'd be labeled insane if you want to help a Killer, if you feel Pity and Shame for the convicted soul that has dared wrong another That has dared bathe in the blood of their sacrifice But are they not hypocrites, the ones so quick to judge? They say "I'M A GOOD MAN, I'VE NEVER WRONGED ANOTHER SO WRONG AS THIS WRONG MAN HAS WRONGED ANOTHER" And they stand tall with blinding pride Are they perfect? Is that why they believe they first got to cast the stone? Do not be fooled! Smell their foul stench, they are nothing more than Whited Sepulchres gleaming with foul luster Yes, Manson may have killed many Yes, Bundy slaughtered some Yes, Dahmer disposed of some entities Yes, Harris and Klebold murdered a few, but who gave you the right to judge them, too? Are you, what they call, a God? Is this even the way to go? We kill those that kill others to teach the killers not to kill others. Is death always the answer? Is that really all we fear? Because it does not seem so We're wasting our time our energy our money on Hatred and Fear and Oppression and Lies and Death. We are taught to fear these non-existing menacing factors and peoples When in reality, the only true evil we need to fear, is the inescapable nightmare called a mind within ourselves that has us condemned.
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