CHARLES MANSON IS DEAD.
HE WAS 83 YEARS OLD.
HE IS A MASS MURDERER BACK WHEN IT WAS A BIG DEAL TO BE A MASS
MURDERER, 1979.
PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET ABOUT THIS BUT HE WAS DEEPLY RACIST AND PUT
A SWASTIKA ON HIS FOREHEAD.
FIRST OF ALL HE ORIGINALLY GOT THE DEATH PENALTY, SO DID
HIS CORE CONSPIRATORS.
BUT WHEN THE SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE DEATH
PENALTY, THEIR CONVICTIONS BECAME LIFE SENTENCES.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ROT IN JAIL.
WELL, MANSON ROTTED IN JAIL FOR DECADES.
THE RAVINGS OF A LUNATIC MIND IN A ROOM BY HIMSELF GOING
AROUND AND AROUND.
WHAT THEY DID WAS HORRIFIC, BUT THAT IS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT PUNISHMENT.
AND I'M SUPER GLAD HE GOT IT.
SOMETIMES THERE IS SOMETHING WORSE THAN THE DEATH PENALTY,
AND HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT BELONG OUT IN THE FREE WORLD SO I'M
GLAD HE SERVED HIS LAST DAYS IN PRISON.
I THINK WE DID THE RIGHT THING BY PUTTING HIM IN PRISON
FOR LIFE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS CHARLES MANSON.
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT HIM NONSTOP.
THERE IS EVEN ñ MARILYN MANSON IS NAMED PARTLY AFTER
CHARLES MANSON AND MARILYN MONROE.
SEVEN PEOPLE DIED.
THAT HAS NOW BECOME COMMONPLACE.
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID WORST
MASSACRES IN AMERICA.
YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER ALL OF THEM AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T
TALK ABOUT THEM AT THE GREAT MAGNITUDE THAT WE DO WITH
MANSON.
BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS.
ALL 38 OF THOSE FOLKS ARE NOT AS FAMOUS AS CHARLES MANSON.
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BACK THEN IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
NOW WE HAVE COME ACCUSTOMED TO IT.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE NAMES IN THIS CONTEXT BECAUSE
CHARLES MANSON IS SO FAMOUS.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHO DID THE ORLANDO SHOOTINGS?
DO YOU EVEN
REMEMBER THE GUY WHO JUST DID THE TEXAS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SHOOTING?
OR VIRGINIA TECH?
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE
SANDY HOOK SHOOTER?
WHY?
BECAUSE WE ARE NOW USED TO MASS SHOOTINGS.
MASSACRES.
I WILL JUST REMIND YOU OF SOME OF THE
MORE FAMOUS ONES.
THE
REASON I GIVE YOU THIS STORY IS I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
USED TO THE MASSACRES.
IT SHOULD BE A GIANT EVENT AND SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
UNFORTUNATELY IN TODAY'S AMERICA IT HAS BECOME FAR TOO ORDINARY.