Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Gangster War Hero???




http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/10/17/2010-10-17_from_thug_to_war_hero_the_amazing_story_of_guy_named_monk.html


Interesting True Crime story to react to.....

4 comments:

  1. Reformed or redirected? On the streets, Monk Eastman was known as a murderer, yet, on the battlefield he was known as a solider and even a hero for.... murdering. Due to Monk’s past of bribery and scandalous acts, I find it hard to believe that he went to war with the same motive as most soldiers, to serve God, defend their homeland, and to defend the citizens that reside in it. When Monk was on top and had no worries of getting in serious trouble, he had no problem revealing his fetish of inflicting pain on people and killing the innocent for his own benefit. Once Monk wasn’t in control of his fate, he “reformed” and went to war. In my opinion, he found a loophole, Monk still got the thrill of murdering without the consequences. With that said, I do not agree that another human should have taken this matter into his own hands and taken Monk Eastman’s life. I am not happy he’s dead nor do I think this was the proper way to handle a gangster with such power and I grieve for the loss his family suffered but I cannot grieve for someone who could take people’s life as easy as it was given to them. However, God had a plan and no matter what judgement he faced here on earth, it will never compare to the things he must answer to on judgement day.

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  2. I agree with the first comment, how do you let something like this slip by as well?! As much as we are asked in profiling, how was Eastman's past history not looked at and investigated before joining the service? Reformed or redirected shouldnt have happened. He was given the right to be placed under the authority to kill innocent people, given authority to be a part of the government and allowed rights that should not have been given to him and placed in a position to access oppurtunities that should not have been allowed for him. What goes around comes around, Eastman thought joining the service would cover up his past but obviously in the end it still came back to haunt him, let alone kill him. Whoever was his killer did not have the right as well, when is it "our" call to decide who lives and who dies for choices they've made in their life?! It's not up to us nor to the government or is it when your sentenced to the electrical chair? That's a whole different topic, but Eastman got what he knew was coming, just because you try to change and become better, he didn't sort out his life and past when he was involved in the gang life before he moved on to join the NG and that's something you always want to do when you move forward in life, you always want to have a clean slate on your hands so that something like this doesnt happen or get you killed like Eastman.

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  3. Monk Eastman deserves every last military honor he was given. Because of his past, some do not see it appropriate to give him such high honors yet I disagree with those people. His sentence may not have been fitting of his crimes but that does not take away from the fact that he did his time. Furthermore, what he did for his country and for his men is worthy of recognition. He went above and beyond what was necessary. The humane qualities he appeared to lack where shown through his service to his comrades. He never left them even when his life was threatened. To some it may be difficult to transition his title from thug to war hero but I don’t see the reason why. Perhaps it is the humanist in me but I believe everyone deserves a second chance, a chance to redeem themselves and to prove their true nature. Although his past may have been detestable, he proved to have some degree of redeeming qualities in him.

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  4. I believe that a person should be judged based more on their accomplishments then their faults which every person has as the saying goes "no one is perfect." If anyone judges him more as a bad person than a good person, they should put theirselves in his shoes and ask theirselves, would I rather be remembered for the mistakes I made or for the things I completed through stuggles and effort? I don't think I could ever see myself doing the things he did so much respect to Monk Eastman for the lives he saved and may god forgive him for some of the wrong choices he made. I believe his past acts before going into the military were based on trying to survive hard times even though he did take far on some occasions.

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