# The outrage thread to end all outrage threads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302 "2006-12-08T03:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/1 "2006-12-08T03:32:06Z")
We’ve had a lot of pit threads involving brutal crimes against children but this one just might be the most incomprehensively evil thing I’ve ever seen. [Woman accused of microwaving a month old baby](http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/07/baby.microwave.ap/). It’s going to be a long time before we top this one. This is one of those cases that really tests my resolve to oppose capital punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/2 "2006-12-08T03:38:18Z")
I saw this one and I just couldn’t fucking believe it. That poor, poor child. I also am having a hard time mustering my anti-death penalty sentiments for the specimen “mother” responsible. Fucking horrendous. I know PPD is a real problem, and I’m loath to bring up the “this never happened in the old days” argument, but seriously, what the hell is going on? Can’t you leave the kid in a basket in front of the fire station? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/3 "2006-12-08T03:39:33Z")
Anybody else thinking “Crackhead”? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/4 "2006-12-08T03:40:19Z")
I’d be thrilled if this really did put an end to outrage threads, but it won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/5 "2006-12-08T03:42:44Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Anybody else thinking “Crackhead”? [/QUOTE] No. Obviously something’s wrong with her, but why crack? Do people often kill their babies on it? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/6 "2006-12-08T04:12:39Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Anybody else thinking “Crackhead”? [/QUOTE] No, I’m thinking “complete evil” or “sadistic sick fuck.” How is microwaving a one-month child going to get you more crack? Selling the kid, or the microwave, or neglecting him/her because of the crack addiction makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/7 "2006-12-08T04:14:54Z")
I got no problems with the death penalty. Left to my own devices, I could not necesarily be opposed to wiring up electric bleachers, filling same with those on death row, and holding a raffle to throw the switch on live PPV. But I usually prefer to wait for a conviction and the exhaustion of all appeals… ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/8 "2006-12-08T04:17:27Z")
If she’s found guilty they should microwave her ovaries. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/9 "2006-12-08T04:34:00Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue] If she’s found guilty they should microwave her ovaries. [/QUOTE] Nah. Slow roast. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/10 "2006-12-08T04:54:53Z")
[Thy Master hath spoketh about microwaving babies](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_213.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/11 "2006-12-08T05:55:04Z")
Absent conflicting evidence, it is my opinion that anyone who would do such a thing is most likely the victim of a full-blown psychotic episode. The victim of such a aberration is not responsible for their actions. Justice simply doesn’t enter into it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/12 "2006-12-08T06:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Absent conflicting evidence, it is my opinion that anyone who would do such a thing is most likely the victim of a full-blown psychotic episode. The victim of such a aberration is not responsible for their actions. Justice simply doesn’t enter into it. [/QUOTE] I agree. She should be committed to a psychiatric institue and treated until she is healthy enough to kill herself. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/13 "2006-12-08T16:50:18Z")
To ascribe a more sinister motive to it than simple batshit insanity, maybe she did it because she wanted the baby dead and thought the microwave, cooking from within as it does, would leave no telltale signs. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/14 "2006-12-08T18:10:42Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Anybody else thinking “Crackhead”? [/QUOTE] I’m wondering why you’d think this too? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/15 "2006-12-08T18:16:15Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I got no problems with the death penalty. Left to my own devices, I could not necesarily be opposed to wiring up electric bleachers, filling same with those on death row, and holding a raffle to throw the switch on live PPV. [/QUOTE] Is it really necessary to turn this thread into a tired old DP debate? Can we instead focus on what a sick fuck that woman is? ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/16 "2006-12-08T18:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] I’m wondering why you’d think this too? :dubious: [/QUOTE] I don’t want to speak for **ElvisL1ves** , but don’t people do some pretty fucked up shit while they’re on crack? I thought s/he was just half-joking that this assbag douchetwat must have been on drugs to do something so horrible. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/17 "2006-12-08T18:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] I’m wondering why you’d think this too? :dubious: [/QUOTE] I took it as a reference to the urban legend mentioned in the referenced Cecil column; of course, that legend also popped into _my_ head when I read the OP, so perhaps I’m biased. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/18 "2006-12-08T18:56:27Z")
Crack doesn’t make you psychotic- if this is actually related to a recreational drug, PCP would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/19 "2006-12-08T18:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=begbert2] I took it as a reference to the urban legend mentioned in the referenced Cecil column; of course, that legend also popped into _my_ head when I read the OP, so perhaps I’m biased. [/QUOTE] Never heard of it, I’ve only just read the link. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302/20 "2006-12-08T19:00:04Z")
Innocent until proven guilty and all, but what the hell does the child being with a babysitter the night before have to do with anything? Are they really trying to imply the child was microwaved the night before, and they didn’t notice anything wrong when the got home, and the child died the next day? Are they really implying that this sort of death would not be instantaneous? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outrage-thread-to-end-all-outrage-threads/383302.md?page=2)