Off With Their Junk

What the freak is wrong with this dude? Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, is apparently outraged the the Supreme Court struck down his state's law about executing child rapists. Now I am not going to even begin to advocate on behalf of child rapists, but I think America is LONG overdue to re-evaluate our stance on execution (not that I don't think I would want revenge/vindication should one of my loved ones be murdered). That however is a post for another day.

Anyway, Jindal—whose name has been bandied about as a possible VP candidate for McCain—was perturbed and later the same day as the high court handed down their decision signed a bill into law for his state that allows sex offenders to be castrated for their crimes. This option is available to the Louisiana courts after someone is convicted of their first offense. On the second offense it is required and this includes chemical castration whatever the heck that is—one too many beers?? Pardon me if I think that punishment is a bit extreme and, shall we say, medieval.

Full disclosure, Obama also disagreed with the Supreme Court decision, but his dissent was a teeny bit more low key, saying:

I think that the rape of a small child, 6 or 8 years old, is a heinous crime . . . And if a state makes a decision that under narrow, limited, well-defined circumstances the death penalty is at least potentially applicable, that does not violate our Constitution.