As I contemplate my future as a First Ward resident and a citizen of Columbia, I find it very disturbing and confusing as to what actually is humanity. What is it that makes us totally human? Have we evolved to dominate and conquer electricity by inventing and using Tasers, as well as having dominion over animals? I honestly believe that inventor Thomas Edison would curse us to proverbial hell and damnation to know that in 2008, we actually believe and use electricity to control and inflict pain upon another. His invention to use electricity was economic and humanitarian, in the sense of its use in the medical field. It is an age-old practice to cause bewilderment to the masses, first it was water.
It's inhumane to use Tasers, ever
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT
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