I just read the entire coverage on the verdict in this morning's paper. I'm unfortunate enough to live in the Dallas area (she's from Tyler, one of the metroplex suburbs) where these things that happen seem nearly commonplace. I mean, they seem to occur more frequently than I consider to be acceptable.

This reaffirms my belief that our society needs some sort of a 'test' before reproduction. Afterall we need a test to drive, a license to marry, but reproduction (possibly the largest responsibility in my mind) only requires properly function reproduction systems of two people ... no more, no less. Thus, day in and day out, people who are better off not holding the responsibility of parenthood are faced with the task and fail miserably.

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