My Two Cents on Chris Benoit

As you've probably heard by now, WWE Superstar Chris Benoit and his family are dead, apparently because Chris killed his wife and child and then committed suicide. Understandably, there's a lot of chatter on the internet devoted to this subject. Benoit's die-hard fans are wallowing in self-pity at the loss of their icon, and the disillusion they're experiencing over the facts being made public. The bleeding-heart liberals are crying over the tragedy. The self-righteous conservatives are smugly declaring that Benoit is burning in hell, as if God himself had delivered the message to them. Others are blaming Vince McMahon, saying it's his fault that Benoit snapped due to roid rage.

Here's my two cents:

-To Benoit's fans... get over it. I was a fan of Benoit's too, until I discovered that he killed his wife and child. Not only did he kill them, it seems that he may have spaced the killings out, meaning that one of them had to live (albeit for a short time) with the knowledge that they were probably next. They left the world knowing that their own family member was taking their lives. Chris Benoit was obviously not the person he appeared to be in the ring.

-To the bleeding heart liberals... Quit using the word "tragedy" for every fucking death. You've used the word so often that it's now worthless. The death of Benoit's family is unfortunate, and my heart goes out to their friends and family. I'm not trying to diminish what they're going through. But come on... tragedy? The Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 was a tragedy. 300,000 people died. These two events don't even compare... how can you use the same words for both events? It's not a tragedy. It's a murder.

-To the self-righteous liberals... Did God personally call you and tell you that Benoit's in hell? Yeah, I didn't think so. Shut the fuck up.

-To the McMahon haters... You can shut the fuck up too. Vince McMahon didn't have anything to do with the Benoit family death. Does he encourage the use of steroids and painkillers in his athletes? I'm sure he does. In the end though, it's the individual's choice whether or not to consume steroids and do what's necessary to achieve the dream of being a WWE superstar. Don't blame McMahon for the choices individual wrestlers make. By the way, we don't yet know for certain that roid rage caused this. I completely agree that it's probably the source, but give it a little time. Quit jumping to conclusions and wait for a little longer for the evidence to come in.

To wrap it up, here's my feelings: Chris Benoit was probably taking steroids, but I'll wait for the final verdict. Assuming he took the shit, it's Benoit's fault and nobody else's, for what happened. Going with the probability that he snapped because of steroid use, I understand how the chemical made him snap. I understand it, but I don't excuse it. In the end, he's responsible for his own actions.