A Victory for Sociopaths!
Sociopaths, rejoice! Casey Anthony, according to even the most casual observer, appears to have murdered her daughter, kept the body in her car for nearly two weeks, and then dumped the stinking corpse in the woods. Her acquittal is a victory for guilty criminals everywhere, present and future. It gives them hope that even the flimsiest defense can still be victorious -- as long as more than one flimsy defense is presented at a time. It seems Anthony's lawyers have stumbled on a little glimmer of genius in their fumbling, incompetent way. They have revealed that the American attention span has become so brief and critical thinking skills have become so dull, that a new defense can be presented daily, with no substance to back it up. First, the father did it; that was pursued briefly, but then quietly dropped. Then, the brother did it. That wasn't pursued at all; once the brother took the stand, the defense made no mention of it to him. The mother was likely in the mix somewhe