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It's nothing new to kill someone as a means of elevating yourself in the eyes of your peers. Heck gangs make it almost a mandatory rite of initiation. But what about when you kill someone years ago, hide it and *then* confess? Should you be lauded as a role model? Well naturally if you come from Texas. The case in point - Calvin Wayne Inman - a youth pastor who has suddenly owned up to a murder he committed 14 years ago when he was 16.

''The debt he's paying to our society is teaching our young people to do the right thing,'' said Cheryl Ellis, a member of the church's youth staff. ''To lock him away someplace and say he owes it to society is robbing the next generation of a mentor.''

Excuse me? He killed someone by stabbing them in the chest when they asked for his ID to buy tobacco. Then he got on with the best part of his life. Now he's 29 and suddenly finding salvation, so that makes murdering a convenience store clerk acceptable, or even admirable? How exactly does being a repentant murderer make someone a role model?

"He's a hero, really," said Kelley Graham, 24. "I don't know how many people would do what he did. The Bible says you just need to confess to God. Calvin took an extra step."

I guess if you exclude everyone who chose not to commit a murder in the first place then yeah, I guess he's kinda special. But frankly Kelly is just an example that idiots abound in the state of Texas. I begin to see how they can sponsor someone for president that thinks killing thousands of people is not just acceptable but heroic. Yeah it all makes sense now...