I'm not going to make the argument that starving your quadriplegic brother to death isn't wrong. In a world crippled with relativist bullshit, there are some things that are black and white, wrong and right. I'm going to take a stand today and proclaim for all to hear that, yes, starving a quadriplegic to death is wrong. Especially if it's your brother.

So what Kim Loebig did to her brother Scott Olsen is wrong. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.

Still, there's a chance that his lack of food might have also been his just desserts. If you make it through the entire article, past the disgusting details like bedsores infested with insects and that the six-footer weighed only 63 pounds when he died, you'll see something interesting. It's called the backstory, people, and believe you me, it's always interesting.

Police suspect the Kim's motive for the murder was a $250,000 inheritance. It's part of a settlement Scott received when he sued a drugstore for selling another man butane. What does another man's butane have to do with Scott? Well, Scott inhaled said butane and wound up quadriplegic. And what does he do? Sues the drugstore.

So imagine this Scott. Not only is he the kind of person that huffs butane, he's the kind of person that sues the store that sells the butane when he winds up in a wheelchair. What I'm saying is that I'll bet he was a real pain in the ass.

Of course, that doesn't mean Kim should have starved him to death. I think "accidentally forgetting" him in the WalMart parking lot for a few days would have done the trick.

Analogcabin @ 10:59 AM
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