December 14, 2012

"Inmate hatched castration plot after Justin Bieber didn't return his love letters..."

We're told Dana Martin, 45, felt like a "nobody" in prison, and now, we're all talking about him. Pretty impressive: A prisoner — in for life after killing a girl — is able to seize the headlines. He should be a nobody, but now, he's been allowed to become a big old celebrity and to tie his name to that of a mega-celebrity:
Martin — who has a large tattoo of Bieber on his leg — offered $2,500 for each of Bieber’s testicles, which were to be snipped off with a pair of Fiskars Durasharp pruning shears last month, records show.
I think we should have prevented this: Martin's leap into fame.  And we should not be talking about "Bieber's testicles." Talk about Anne Hathaway's vulva if you want: She flashed photographers. But Bieber has kept his pants on and has nothing to do with the despicable nobody Martin.

Sorry to be part of the machine that is making Martin famous, but I want to call out everyone who's getting off on this story.

I know that it's possible for prisoners to commit crimes from prison by hiring others and that it's not automatically a big joke. But specifying the brand of the pruning shears and the pattern of the tie to be used for strangling (paisley) smells like dark comedy. It should not be this easy for a prisoner to amuse himself and aggrandize himself this way. Martin killed a 15-year-old girl and is a life prisoner: turn the spotlight elsewhere.

47 comments:

John said...

Just wondering - do you support the death penalty for murder?

Anonymous said...

The teenage girls in my class are NOT amused with Mr. Martin's antics from behind bars. Several of them have promised to tell their daddy's (also behind bars) to take out retribution. I have quietly informed them that he is confined in another state entirely. Sadness abounds among them.

dreams said...

We have so many people who oppose the death penalty tells us that life in prison is a worse penalty than death but they are projecting their own feelings. People in prison adapt and for some it might even be a good life, at least a life.

Shouting Thomas said...

Bieber has testicles?

A prison inmate has access to $2,500?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

...mega-celebrity

Justin Beaver does not get an Althouse portal call.

KCFleming said...

Threatened castration is Entertainment's male version of vulva flashing.

Both are neutering, bringing low the high and mighty, a manifestation of envy.

Like Obamacare and raising taxes on 'the rich'. It's all the same game: destruction of the superior.

Jim said...

It is a devastating indictment of our society that we do not swiftly try, convict, and execute the killers of 15 year old girls.

DADvocate said...

Bieber has testicles?

Hmm. One migh think Bieber follows an old tradition.

Bob Ellison said...

Jim, the rats who invade my chicken coop meet a swift end.

Jim said...

Bob, in Kansas City, we have forgotten how it once was done. In the early 50's the killers of little Bobby Greenlease were executed in less than 100 days after the crime. We currently have two murderers on death row who killed a girl waiting for the bus in 1989.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Taylor_%28prisoner%29

Robert Cook said...

...specifying the brand of the pruning shears and the pattern of the tie to be used for strangling (paisley) smells like dark comedy."

No, it makes it more frightening, as it smacks of obsessive fetishism and masturbatory fantasizing.

Robert Cook said...

"Threatened castration is Entertainment's male version of vulva flashing.

"Both are neutering, bringing low the high and mighty, a manifestation of envy.

"Like Obamacare and raising taxes on 'the rich'. It's all the same game: destruction of the superior."


Talk about an obsessive fetish!

James said...

Looks like Ann thinks it's funny. Hilarious!

Shouting Thomas said...

No, it makes it more frightening, as it smacks of obsessive fetishism and masturbatory fantasizing.

I've always thought the same about your political philosophy, Cookie!

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

The problem is far too many of us behave as if we are living in a small band of hunter/gatherers.

Shouting Thomas said...

Talk about an obsessive fetish!

You've got your mind on pussy this morning, Cookie.

Commies think about pussy?

I understand that Stalin could never be bothered.

MisterBuddwing said...

Priorities, priorities.

jacksonjay said...

You swift justice types might spend a little time looking at the number of exonerations in Texas! I've been a longtime supporter of capital punishment! But, we have had a number of exonerations here that has caused many of us to reconsider! Dallas County exonerated 21 people from 2001-2011 because of faulty forensic work!

Tim said...

Jim said...

"It is a devastating indictment of our society that we do not swiftly try, convict, and execute the killers of 15 year old girls."

No worries, Jim.

We get off-setting style points for allowing 15 year-old girls to get abortions without the knowledge of their parents...

Unknown said...

Like Obamacare and raising taxes on 'the rich'. It's all the same game: destruction of the superior.

Anyone who believes that paying more tax will lead to his own destruction cannot be regarded as superior. Only the weak and fragile can be destroyed by something as inconsequential as a small tax hike.

Shouting Thomas said...

Anyone who believes that paying more tax will lead to his own destruction cannot be regarded as superior.

Ah, but the incredibly, eternally pissed off Jake is to be regarded as superior!

Only the weak and fragile disagree with the omnipotent Jake.

Tim said...

"Ah, but the incredibly, eternally pissed off Jake is to be regarded as superior!"

Jake isn't paying the tax, and doesn't want to hear any more complaints from anyone as he takes more from those who are paying the tax.

Capisce?

Shouting Thomas said...

Jake, I'm noticing that you kinda like the lingo of Nazis and fascists.

Not that I'm accusing you of anything.

Bob said...

Sure has gotten tougher to be a teen heartthrob. Use to be the only worry was being run over by the mob of admiring fans. Castration, awful harsh on the Bieber.

Geoff Matthews said...

The death penalty, administered in a timely manner, would have prevented this.

chickelit said...

Adamant Jake reveals: Only the weak and fragile can be destroyed by something as inconsequential as a small tax hike.

Inconsequential indeed. All for rhetorical class warfare.

Jim said...

jacksonjay,
I don't know about Texas. I know that there was a confession and physical evidence in the Ann Harrision case and the killers haven't been executed in 23 years.

Richard Dolan said...

"I think we should have prevented this: Martin's leap into fame."

Unless you're trying to set up a bloggy Journolist, the only way to do that is to ignore the guy and the story. Which you're not doing. And I hadn't heard or read about any of this until seeing your blog.

Paul said...

Weird. That con is a twisted individual. I sure hope they NEVER let him out!

Chip S. said...

This is one way in which Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber have an advantage.

No fear.

edutcher said...

This wouldn't happen if we had same sex marriage.

Jake Diamond said...

Like Obamacare and raising taxes on 'the rich'. It's all the same game: destruction of the superior.

Anyone who believes that paying more tax will lead to his own destruction cannot be regarded as superior. Only the weak and fragile can be destroyed by something as inconsequential as a small tax hike.


You need a, "Heute Europa, Morgen die Welt", followed by a rousing, "Sieg Heil", from the crowd.

Chip S. said...

"The power to tax is the power to make you stronger."

from Jake Diamond's Nietsche for Dummkopfs

Unknown said...

Jake isn't paying the tax, and doesn't want to hear any more complaints from anyone as he takes more from those who are paying the tax.

Typical incoherent crap from Timmy.

Since several Althouse lemmings (i.e., dumbshits) have become obsessed with my posts (e.g., Shouting Dumbass, edumbshit, Timmy), let me clarify something for you assholes. My political views are not shaped by what suits me financially. What benefits me personally isn't necessarily what's best for the country. So I'm willing to pay more in taxes, and in terms of good public policy, I think most Americans should pay higher taxes.

Unlike most of you whiners, I don't moan if my country asks more of me. The Althouse lemmings claim to be smarter, richer, harder working and more patriotic than the typical American, but you have temper tantrums worthy of a 2 year old with diaper rash at the prospect of paying a small amount more in taxes. You can't claim to be superior in any respect if a small tax hike causes you to blubber like a child with an ouchie.

You folks are really pathetic.

Shouting Thomas said...

You can't claim to be superior in any respect...

What the fuck is all this superior shit about, Jake?

Like I said, you have a fondness for rhetoric that sounds vaguely fascist.

NTTAWWT!

And the "obsession" stuff! You sound like you're shiloh's evil, pissed off twin!

edutcher said...

Sounds like the man made of dumbshit is the one having a temper tantrums worthy of a 2 year old with diaper rash (a lot of 2 year olds are out of diapers, but the man made of dumbshit still appears to require one).

And the point is, we don't care if you want to pay more for a mess your Messiah created; it's that you expect us to do it, too, when there's a better and less cynically spiteful way.

I have a feeling, if the draft were to come back under a President Romney and full mobilization were necessary, the man made of dumbshit would moan all over the place if his country asked more of him.

Chip S. said...

Unlike most of you whiners, I don't moan if my country asks more of me.

Thank you for your voluntary payments to the US Treasury. I, for one, am impressed by your patriotism.

But why do you expect people to be happy about paying more taxes for spending that they oppose? You do know that federal spending as a pct. of gdp has only ever been higher during WW2, don't you?

Chip S. said...

And how the fuck did a thread about Justin Bieber's balls turn into another argument about fiscal policy?

edutcher said...

Diamond showed up.

Pastafarian said...

Geoff: "The death penalty, administered in a timely manner, would have prevented this."

Jesus, Geoff, I'm not a big fan of the Bieber either, but that seems a little harsh. Banishment would be fine.

Pastafarian said...

I hereby offer $12.50 for each of Jake Diamond's tiny testes. Plus a 6-pack of non-ironic Natty Light, should one person secure both nads.

They're to be removed using tweezers, a magnifying glass, black pepper, and a pair of tiny scissors you might use for fly-tying or embroidery.

Duct-tape Jake to a table and sprinkle pepper on his pubic region. Watch through the magnifying glass: When his little pecker sneezes, grab the balls with the tweezers and snip them with the scissors. You'll have to move fast, they won't be exposed for long.

cubanbob said...

Jack Diamond can't understand why the dog and the flea have a different point of view.

cubanbob said...

Unlike most of you whiners, I don't moan if my country asks more of me. The Althouse lemmings claim to be smarter, richer, harder working and more patriotic than the typical American, but you have temper tantrums worthy of a 2 year old with diaper rash at the prospect of paying a small amount more in taxes. You can't claim to be superior in any respect if a small tax hike causes you to blubber like a child with an ouchie.

Tell us Jack in your moral calculus what patriotic duty are the moochers doing for the country?

cubanbob said...

In a better, more just country. Dana Martin would have been executed ( or retroactively aborted if you prefer) and Jack Diamond would be self-supporting instead of sponging off other people's money.

Anonymous said...

The plan was nuts from the get-go

Methadras said...

Well, if Martin was summarily executed as he should have been, we wouldn't be talking about this now would we?

Smilin' Jack said...

We're told Dana Martin, 45, felt like a "nobody" in prison, and now, we're all talking about him.

I'd comment "speak for yourself," if that weren't sort of self-contractory.

kentuckyliz said...

I ain't heard this story til I saw it here. Oh, the irony of bringing attention to a story you don't want to have attention.

I wonder if the prisoner has access to a computer...and finds this blogpost...and laughs. Suckah.

Anne Hathaway only exposed a bit of shaved mons pubis and a landing strip. There were no labia minora, labia majora, clitoral hood, wet split beaver shots.