Grandma's House

I guess my posts are running along a theme tonight. Here we have some jerk threatening Audrey Geisel, the widow of Dr. Seuss, with a painting of Seuss characters engaging in sex acts, unless she coughed up a whopping 2.5 million dollars. This so-called man threatened an 83-year-old woman, sending her threatening letters and e-mails, trying to extort money from her. He was sentenced to 180 days, suspended, and 3 years probation. That sentence is ridiculous. I don't care if she was rich or poor, strong or weak, if a person threatens an elderly member of our society, the law should come down hard on them, if for no other reason than to discourage that sort of behavior by others. Most civilizations revere their elderly. Why can't we?