Good kids

"They're good kids"...

That seems to be a common phrase when speaking about someone that just killed a person. Funny...If a good kid could kick someone to death or smash someone in the face with a bat I'd certainly hate to see what a "bad kid" would do.

I'll tell what what a good kid is, a good kid is one that stays out of serious trouble on their own. A good kid is one that plays sports, works, and then volunteers in their spare time. A good kid is a kid that drives his drunk friends home so they aren't on the roads themselves. No I'm sorry, but if you kill someone, you are definitely NOT a "good kid". Ok so maybe I don't know them as well as the people that are saying that, but I would that murder is one of those things that you don't brush off. Well maybe you could...If the guy was really really sorry, and he's a good kid too.

It enrages me that anyone could defend these people with poor arguments like these. I don't get how people could do these things either, and I wonder what the hell is going through their heads exactly when they're doing it, or how the idea even comes up to smash a guy in the face with a bat or beat someone to death on a bus.

ARGH! I'm actually pretty ticked off by this that I can't quite figure out what else I want to say about it.

-Matt