The Switch
There has to be a switch.
A killer gets sentenced to a life time of imprisonment for committing a crime so unthinkable, that the most horrifically vivid horror movie hasn’t had the chance to imagine it. A killer gets locked up for murdering his entire family and openly admitting it with a broad smile on his face. A killer gets locked up because… he snapped. Who are you to openly judge this killer with your eyes? Who are you to openly state your opinions of disgust towards this killer? Who are you to point and ridicule? Who are you to say you are better?
Who are you to say this won’t happen to you?
From the early 80's it had already begun. Innocent killers hopelessly devoted to the people they love and have spent a majority of their lives with are locked up for killing without knowing. Innocent killers just wanting to close their eyes from the reality around them, wake up to find the horror before them and stare at their blood stained hands.
A state scientists and doctors have studied on numerous occasions, a state that leaves this innocent killer between the world of dreams and reality. A part of your brain that when you dream you are being attacked and fight to defend yourself allows you to physically partake in the struggle, allowing you to kill the opponent in your dream. The opponent being the person who you adoringly love and kiss good night, the person who sleeps next to you every night. Is this person a killer for not knowing that he was killing the person he pledged to die for?
Today; this innocent killer is in the driver’s wheel, he turns to his side and sees his wife smiling at him adoringly. The sound of his children’s laughter in the backseats makes him happy. From the back of the car, a loud crash comes and he realizes that someone drove into him. This innocent killer climbs out the car in a state of anger, heated words are shared between these two people, the rage inside this innocent killer builds up to pass the point of boiling and this innocent killer kills the innocent victim with his bare hands. Is this person a killer for not remembering the black out which happened in his mind?
There has to be a switch.
Who are you to say this won’t happen to you?
From the early 80's it had already begun. Innocent killers hopelessly devoted to the people they love and have spent a majority of their lives with are locked up for killing without knowing. Innocent killers just wanting to close their eyes from the reality around them, wake up to find the horror before them and stare at their blood stained hands.
A state scientists and doctors have studied on numerous occasions, a state that leaves this innocent killer between the world of dreams and reality. A part of your brain that when you dream you are being attacked and fight to defend yourself allows you to physically partake in the struggle, allowing you to kill the opponent in your dream. The opponent being the person who you adoringly love and kiss good night, the person who sleeps next to you every night. Is this person a killer for not knowing that he was killing the person he pledged to die for?
Today; this innocent killer is in the driver’s wheel, he turns to his side and sees his wife smiling at him adoringly. The sound of his children’s laughter in the backseats makes him happy. From the back of the car, a loud crash comes and he realizes that someone drove into him. This innocent killer climbs out the car in a state of anger, heated words are shared between these two people, the rage inside this innocent killer builds up to pass the point of boiling and this innocent killer kills the innocent victim with his bare hands. Is this person a killer for not remembering the black out which happened in his mind?
There has to be a switch.
You have been dating someone for a while now and both decide to make the first "sleep over night" at one or the others house. You lay in each others arms, holding onto each other tightly and fall asleep. You wake up to being dragged towards a police car, handcuffed and having your rights read to you. Back at the station you find out that you are being arrested for attempted murder, you see your partner in the arms of the cops, wearing a blood-stained nightgown crying and you realize, you don't remember anything.
A more mild case leaves you overstressed and you blank out. When you awake you are lying in a hospital bed not realizing why you are there. The doctor comes in and tells you that you were holding a gun to your head threatening to kill yourself in front of your children. You see your children wrapped up in the arms of their guardian crying their hearts out and realize you don’t remember anything.
Who decides when it's time to pull the switch?
An even milder case leaves you irritated; you arrive at work and find that nothing satisfies you. You are not appreciated, you are under paid, you have too much work to do, you worked too hard to be where you are now, you should have had an increase, and you have… you have…. Blank! You wake up in a jail cell with a bunch of innocent killers looking at you with that penetrating gaze and wonder where you are. A warder walks past and says that you are under arrest for assault towards a colleague simply because they took too long to answer their phone.
How long has your switch been flickering?
Though not all killers are the innocent kind, we should take the time to consider that those innocent killers that are locked up for the unplanned could very well turn into you.
How much longer do you have before your switch gets pulled? A more mild case leaves you overstressed and you blank out. When you awake you are lying in a hospital bed not realizing why you are there. The doctor comes in and tells you that you were holding a gun to your head threatening to kill yourself in front of your children. You see your children wrapped up in the arms of their guardian crying their hearts out and realize you don’t remember anything.
Who decides when it's time to pull the switch?
An even milder case leaves you irritated; you arrive at work and find that nothing satisfies you. You are not appreciated, you are under paid, you have too much work to do, you worked too hard to be where you are now, you should have had an increase, and you have… you have…. Blank! You wake up in a jail cell with a bunch of innocent killers looking at you with that penetrating gaze and wonder where you are. A warder walks past and says that you are under arrest for assault towards a colleague simply because they took too long to answer their phone.
How long has your switch been flickering?
Though not all killers are the innocent kind, we should take the time to consider that those innocent killers that are locked up for the unplanned could very well turn into you.
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