No Heart

When I read this story I immediately had extremely mixed feelings. Everything from wanting to punch this cop so hard he remembered what his badge meant, to just down right disgust and sorrow to know that people can be this cold.

Some canoeists were near Twin Falls Idaho when they saw a woman jump from the Perrine Bridge into the Snake river. It seems she died on impact, but there would have been no way to know that 100% at the time. The group paddled out into the river to hopefully help/save the woman, but they ended up retrieving the body. The women in the group were crying and everyone was trying to cope with what they just witnessed.

Apparently a female deputy showed up and tried to comfort and calm everyone. It was shortly after that when a sergeant walked up, and said "I see you don't have any life jackets so I am going to give you a citation." He then proceded to write everyone that had paddled out to save this woman a ticket for $85. Not so much as a hint of warmth in that man's heart. Does he even understand the reason for that law? It's completely obvious that he has forgotten his duty to protect and serve, but to me its worse to see a fellow human being that has the emotion and understanding of a robot. It's a good indication of how cruel our world is becoming.

Don't become this guy, if you have to force yourself to do something small just to keep that heart from freezing solid. Smile to let your waiter know your happy with the service, or even something as small as wave at a neighbor when you get the morning paper. There is no excuse to become a heartless machine.

Found this story here.