The Saddest Thing I've Seen All Year

Well, that was the title of this post, back when it was going to be about this:


This is Richard Jeni's IMDB page, the week after his suicide. Note their Starmeter for him (which I presume tracks things like mentions in trade publications, internet searches etc.). That's a sad enough testimony to the dark underbelly of humanity. But then, I get this from Warren Ellis' blog, which clearly trumps that:

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A convicted child molester and his father took turns sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy while the molester’s mother watched, then they choked the boy to death…

To which I can only say, WTF is wrong with you people? And also, how do we avoid making any more of you?

The only reason not to give these people the death penalty is that you only get to kill them once.