Dreaming Of... Death & Justice?

''Punishment must fit the crime...'' - and in this case, it probably does? But one has to remember how many lives were affected by what happened, on that day of April 2013, when the Boston Marathon was interrupted by two misguided radicals. One has to be Boston Strong to see this: one has to look past a boy's seemingly angelic demeanor, on such shots as this, too:

AP File Photo - Boston Herald

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev justifiably deserves what he has coming his way now - if he did set up those bombs that killed four people and injured a host of others, along with his brother. There will be those who will claim that he has been set up himself (hell, there are even ''Boston Marathon Fakers'' the same way as there have been ''9/11 truthers'' since 2001...!) and there will be those other folks who will hail him as some sort of martyr now, on the international civil liberties scale...

There is no logical reason to believe that there was some hoax here, perpetrated by whom, for what purpose? To kill two brothers? This will not propel the entire nation towards martial law exclusively aimed at muslim citizens now; come on!  This is not a Boston Tea Party for racism and social prejudice basing itself upon the fear of terrorism and radicalism: it cannot be. There would have been a full scale round up of the truly dangerous rotten apples in the basket if it was: and it wouldn't have started with two kids, or at the Boston Marathon of all places.

There is no case to make for this kid's defense either: he wanted to avenge what happened to ''his people'' and went about it the wrong way. Why didn't he and his big bro just go abroad try to help out in Chechnya, instead, huh? And by help we mean rebuild, not bring about misguided retaliatory actions that only make things worse: because an eye for an eye brings nothing in the end. Haven't we seen it a million times over in the hockey rink, on the gridiron, on the basketball court or in the baseball field (well, usually the pitcher's mound, really) whenever one team tries to pay back, in kind, the other team for one of their player's injuries...?  Nothing is ever accomplished that way. And being American by proxy, to whatever degree, the young Tsar here should have learned from America's allegories for life, which are not just baseball games at three different levels...

Because here was a kid with dreams - just like any other kid growing up in the Boston area. He had, like any one of us, aspirations and, perhaps, delusions - maybe greater delusions of grandeur than the norm, but then again, perhaps not. He and his brother came to the United States to live out their dreams: not to end so ignominously. They certifiably had their very own Bostonian dreams, like all of us Boston fans do; Like all of us, they hid a dark side: most of us keep in check, fight it off, subdue it throughout our lives - because we all strive to do good, be good, be the hero. Nobody wants to do evil outright: many of those who do are like Tsar and his bro here - they think they're doing what's right! Sort of like the Habs when they are stealing victory from greater teams: they firmly believe it is right to do so! Maybe like the NFL cheaters do randomly, too - and in this we include the Patriots, of course! But that's another story - for another blog post!

The point is: these two brothers were not 100% evil: like all of us, they are shades of grey. And there may not quite be fifty shades of it out there: but there are enough to distinguish moderate criminals from upstanding citizens - from those deserving to serve as examples that thou shall not do that. Having said that - Tsar is not the worst there is, out there; there are many more deserving of the lethal injection or electric chair or guillotine... Hell, Tsar looks like Habs goalie Carey Price! Looks may be deceiving and all, but tell me now or forever hold your piece - do we really wanna hang Price? Even when he is so dead WRONG: do we really want to see him hang, high and dry, now do we? I don't think so. I just want to see him as he really is: a sieve, on most nights throughout the rest of his damnable NHL career - or his CH career, tenure or whatchumightcallit at any rate. For 2014-2015 was a fluke - but that is another story, too.

It may never be 100% certifiably sure that it was the two brothers who set off those bombs.

One thing is for sure, however: the younger brother's dreams come to an end now, just as the older brother's did, shortly after the Marathon bombing...