What In Gay Hell?

‘Gay Panic Defense Used to Acquit Man Who Stabbed Neighbor 61 Times’

‘Last Friday, a jury in Cook County, IL acquitted Joseph Biedermann, 30, of first-degree murder in the death of his Hoffman Estates neighbor, Terrance Michael Hauser, 38, in the early morning hours of March 5th, 2008. Biedermann stabbed Hauser 61 times, claiming that Hauser had made an unwanted sexual advances and that he had merely been defending himself.’

-Huffingtonpost.com

Gay Panic Defense: a legal defense against charges of assault or murder. A defendant using the gay panic defense claims that they acted in a state of violent temporary insanity because of a little-known psychiatric condition called homosexual panic. 

In the gay panic defense, the defendant claims that they have been the object of romantic or sexual advances by the victim. The defendant finds the advances so offensive and frightening that it brings on a psychotic state characterized by unusual violence.

-Wikipedia.com

So…pardon the pun, but let me get this straight. If a gay man walks down the street and says hello to a straight man who feels threatened and shoots the gay man dead, this can be legally excused due to ‘Gay Panic’?

You’ve got to be kidding me. Do we really live in a society where this is a legal means of defense? If people went around killing anything that threatened them, we’d live in a society full of mass murderers and serial killers.

Next to Miley Cyrus’ new single, this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. How can we, as a society, ever expect to move forward as a whole when there are loopholes for everything that we should be held accountable? Murder is murder and someone’s personal insecurities should never excuse stabbing someone. Especially 61 times.

- Dann Dunn


Edith Shain, the nurse who shared a kiss with a sailor in the iconic WW2 photograph in Times Square, died at her Los Angeles home on Sunday.

Unfortunately, should the photograph try and be restaged today, the new couple would undoubtedly either be run down by a cab driver or trip over the tacky lawn chairs strewn about 42nd Street.

BREAKING NEWS. Actress Amanda Bynes announced publicly yesterday that she is retiring from acting at the age of 24. Hmm. I guess that past five years have just been an extended coffee break.

BREAKING NEWS.

Actress Amanda Bynes announced publicly yesterday that she is retiring from acting at the age of 24.

Hmm. I guess that past five years have just been an extended coffee break.

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
Today, for some reason, I find myself missing Wendy, The Snapple Lady. Wendy, forget Celebrity Fit Club and resign with Snapple. I implore you.

Today, for some reason, I find myself missing Wendy, The Snapple Lady.

Wendy, forget Celebrity Fit Club and resign with Snapple.

I implore you.

Watch out for those ninjas on a rascal. They’re the sneakiest kind.

Watch out for those ninjas on a rascal. They’re the sneakiest kind.

I can’t imagine why female hockey players are automatically identified as lesbians.

I can’t imagine why female hockey players are automatically identified as lesbians.

TWEET IT, GIRLS.

TWEET IT, GIRLS.

CHER AND SON-NY BONO’S DAUGHTER… Last evening, Cher dined with her ‘former daughter’, Chastity Bono. Chastity has recently undergone surgery to help her transition from female to male, now assuming the name ‘Chaz’. Cher is…well, Cher. It is still not clear as to who has ultimately had more work done.

CHER AND SON-NY BONO’S DAUGHTER…

Last evening, Cher dined with her ‘former daughter’, Chastity Bono. Chastity has recently undergone surgery to help her transition from female to male, now assuming the name ‘Chaz’. Cher is…well, Cher.

It is still not clear as to who has ultimately had more work done.

KILLER WHALES. NO, SERIOUSLY… Yesterday, CNN dropped the bomb that ‘Shamu’ (the universal stage name for all performing Killer Whales at SeaWorld) killed his 40 year old trainer. A sad story, of course. But here’s my issue… This Killer Whale (really named Tillikum) is already connected with the deaths of two other people. One in 1991 and another in 1999. Yes, that’s right. This orca has officially achieved a murderer’s hat-trick. Now, riddle me this: Why is it that a dog can be immediately put to sleep for attacking a person, yet an 11,000 pound animal that has already killed twice, is still swimming the tanks of SeaWorld? I realize that this opens the floodgates for discussion as to why animals are used for entertainment purposes to begin with, but common sense will tell you if it’s killed two people already, chances are there’s something wrong. Flush the fish. Or at least keep it away in a tank where it’s not going to splash saltwater into someone’s beer.

KILLER WHALES. NO, SERIOUSLY…

Yesterday, CNN dropped the bomb that ‘Shamu’ (the universal stage name for all performing Killer Whales at SeaWorld) killed his 40 year old trainer.

A sad story, of course. But here’s my issue…

This Killer Whale (really named Tillikum) is already connected with the deaths of two other people. One in 1991 and another in 1999. Yes, that’s right. This orca has officially achieved a murderer’s hat-trick.

Now, riddle me this: Why is it that a dog can be immediately put to sleep for attacking a person, yet an 11,000 pound animal that has already killed twice, is still swimming the tanks of SeaWorld?

I realize that this opens the floodgates for discussion as to why animals are used for entertainment purposes to begin with, but common sense will tell you if it’s killed two people already, chances are there’s something wrong. Flush the fish. Or at least keep it away in a tank where it’s not going to splash saltwater into someone’s beer.

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