Sorry about the screaming.
I wrote this 33 years ago for a BBS in Alto Vista CA through a WorldGroup BBS link that our son was running through (2) 56k modems and a phone line in our Cape Coral house.

<I post them as I get them. DT>

IN ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME, THESE CONDITIONS MIGHT BE CONSIDERED INTOLERABLE. 
BUT HERE IN THE SHROUD OF DARKNESS IT’S PRESENCE REIGNS SUPREME, FOR IT IS…AN ENTITY OF THE NIGHT.

THE MASSIVE BULK, ONE HUNDRED TIMES LARGER THAN IT’S MOST COMMON ADVERSARY, ALONG WITH A NEVER ENDING HUNGER, TO KILL AND DEVOUR, IS PERPETUAL MOTION ON PATROL. 

SENSES TUNED TO RAZOR ACCURACY, NOTHING STANDS IN IT’S WAY. 

A SMALL CREATURE SHUDDERS IN IT’S BLACK, DAMP RECESS AS THE TELL TALE SIGNS SHOW THAT IMMINENT DANGER IS APPARENT. 
PARALYZED WITH FEAR, THE POTENTIAL VICTIM HOLDS IT’S BREATH, BLOOD COURSING THROUGH IT’S ARTERIES AT OVER FOUR HUNDRED BEATS A MINUTE, IT IS TIME TO DIE.
BUT THROUGH MILLIONS OF YEARS OF EVOLUTION THE SMALL CREATURE HAS DEVELOPED IT’S RESOURCES ALSO. 

THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR BEING, ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE WEB. 
PROCREATE AND IMPROVE. 
WITHOUT THESE, NO LIFE CAN BE. 
THIS IS HOW IT LIVES. 

SELF DEFENSE AND NUTRITIONAL ACQUISITIONS ARE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE EFFORTS.
STEALTH AND COURAGE, OR BLIND FEAR, TO TAKE A CHANCE AND THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO PERSEVERE, ARE THE TOOLS OF THE SMALL CREATURE. 

IT IS STRICTLY DEFENSIVE TO THOSE LARGER THAN ITSELF. 
TO THOSE OF THE DIMINUTIVE NATURE, THE OBVERSE IS SIMILARLY TRUE. PREY BECOMES PREDATOR.

THE LAST PAGE IN THE LIFE STORY OF ALL SMALL CREATURES IS SIMILAR. 
A FIGHT TO THE END, OR SUCCUMB AS A VICTIM. 
IN IT’S FINAL DEATH SPIRAL, ULTIMATELY, IT TOO CAN WIN. 

ERRATIC CONVULSING AND FLAILING MAY SOMETIMES INFLICT WOUNDS THAT EVENTUALLY DEFEAT THE ASSAILANT.

AT FIRST, THIS MAY SEEM TO BE A FINAL ACT OF RETALIATION. 
MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL SERVE TO TEACH THE AGGRESSOR TO BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME….IF IT’S WOUNDS ARE NOT FATAL.

"Awful Tragedy: 16-Year-Old Track Star Austin Metcalf Fatally Stabbed by Rival Athlete During Championship Meet, Dies in His Twin Brother’s Arms — 17-Year-Old Charged with First-Degree Murder"

Jeff Metcalf, the victim's father:
“You know what, I already forgive this person,” he added. “Already. God takes care of things. God is going to take care of me. God is going to take care of my family.”

I was raised that a Christian is capable of forgiveness. The father is stronger in faith than I.

I am not capable of nor desire the capability of such forgiveness - God might; I can't, I won't even try. But what of the concept of Hell if not for acts such as this?

I would seek ... revenge? retribution? vengeance?
Had this been my child, I would act to put this POS at the head of the line for God's judgement. Or if nothing else, elimination from the gene pool.

I notice later reports have removed the murderer's picture ... but it's of the culture one has come to expect.

I think of heading out to places like this.

"The recent New York Times investigation into America’s “hidden role” in the Ukraine conflict has confirmed that the Pentagon played a key role in most of Kiev’s significant military operations against Russia."

That's been obvious to all since - what? 2016? Think Burisma: Biden, Pelosi, Kerry, Romney ... and who all else?

The surface of this fiasco has barely begun to get scratched. Russia "winning" this mess would certainly let some cats out of the bag, eh? Must be why so many want this war to continue.