{"id":2104,"date":"2005-08-25T17:43:23","date_gmt":"2005-08-25T22:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2104"},"modified":"2005-08-25T18:19:36","modified_gmt":"2005-08-25T23:19:36","slug":"to_forgive_is_d_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/25\/to_forgive_is_d_1\/","title":{"rendered":"To Forgive is Divine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost two weeks ago, fellow Mutineer Abhi wrote<\/p>\n\n

Really, what kind of a soulless bastard do you have to be to kill someone while they are praying?<\/blockquote>\n\n

when he posted<\/a> about the tragic murder of Houston-resident Akhil Chopra, which took place on August 11.<\/p>\n\n

What kind of a bastard? Perhaps, this kind? (Thanks, RC.)\"killer.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n

This is Howard Dale Bellamy, aka “Peanut”. As in, it takes testicles the size of peanuts to murder a man who is peacefully communing with nature, with his eyes closed<\/em>. Chopra meditated daily during his lunch break in the park where he was gunned down.<\/p>\n\n

True to his stellar character, Bellamy is not cooperating with authorities. “Peanut”‘s luck ran out when someone else who was using Chopra’s purloined credit card was caught; that person promptly snitched while being interrogated. Six other people who are linked to the robbery-turned-murder are also in custody, under fraud charges.<\/p>\n\n

\nHouston police, which had earlier announced a award of $10,000 (about Rs 4.5 lakhs) for tip offs leading to Bellamy’s arrest, would soon initiate trial against him for capital murder. If convicted, he might get a death penalty as Texas has provision for this. [link<\/a>] <\/blockquote>\n\n

\"akhilchopra.jpg\"When I first read the article, I thought, “If<\/strong> he’s guilty, hang him high.” A part of me is vindictively glad that this is all going down in the Lone Star state, since they have no scruples when it comes to capital punishment…but the part of me that is kind and sweet, that likes bunny rabbits and babies is reminding me that the gunman’s consummate lack of respect for the sanctity of life is what outraged me about this entire tragedy in the first place. Nothing’s fine, I’m torn.<\/p>\n\n

Everlasting be your memory, Akhil.<\/p>\n\n

My prayers are with your family, friends and community. If I were a fraction of the phenomenal human you were, I’d probably be praying for your killer, too. But I’m not. And that is why it’s extra horrible that he chose someone like you<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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