There is a truly bizarre case out of Tulsa where Shaynna Smith (also known as Shaynna Sim), 27, is accused of going to her “frenemy’s” funeral and smudging her makeup and messing with hair. She is also accused of cutting the face of the deceased. However, the charge may surprise you.
The family said that Smith was jealous of the deceased for dating her ex-boyfriend and they watched her reach into the casket. When they approached her, they found hair pulled off the corpse and the smearing of makeup and as well as a long gash cut along the hairline.
If true, this could be a case of mental illness. However, pending such a finding, it was surprising to see that Smith was only charged with misdemeanor illegal dissection. A misdemeanor seems incredibly light for attacking a corpse and carving it up in front of grieving relatives.
It seems bizarre that you can get years in prison for stealing a car or having a tryst on a beach but only register a misdemeanor for assaulting and desecrating a corpse.
In torts, there is a long line of mishandling or abuse of corpses cases. The family could certainly sue though it is not clear what assets Smith has to satisfy any judgment.
Source: PIX11
“I believe that the suffix “phobe” or “phobia” took on a secondary meaning of “hatred” or “disgust” over the years,”
That’s what I said.
The word roots do not fit that in anyway, as I pointed out, making it into just another SJW term.
“I do not believe “phobus” is a Latin word.”
Wrong.
That suffix was from a quote in the Etymology dictionary.
Take it up with them.
Phobos was the Greek god of alarm and panic, and son of Ares and Aphrodite. Romans borrowed lots of words from the Greeks.
The poor family. It sounds like their daughter was very young when she passed away. How awful to be inconsolably grieving, and then have this happen to just compound it.
Smith does sound like she needs a mental health evaluation, and the charges do seem light. I thought there were laws against desecrating a corpse, but perhaps those are state specific. In addition to that, they should at least sue her in small claims to get a judgement on her credit.
Perhaps the public record of her crime will also be a long term sentence, as everyone will be able to find it – friends, lovers, and prospective employers.
Pogo:
I do not believe “phobus” is a Latin word. The Latin word for “phobia” is “phobia.” The Greek root, of course, is “phobos,” which originally meant “flight.”
I believe that the suffix “phobe” or “phobia” took on a secondary meaning of “hatred” or “disgust” over the years, which is why it is now routinely used to describe dislike of a particular group. Thus a “xenophobe” can mean someone who fears strangers, but can also mean someone who hates foreigners.
I am surprised they did not put her on a 72 hour psych hold.
To quote Charlie Daniels, “do you think everybody’d think I flipped, if I went to LA–via Omaha?” Steering well clear of Oklahoma.
Were I the boyfriend in question, as between the two women I believe I would still prefer the company of the deceased.
Isaac, LOL! I can see a woman I know doing this.
The cheesy horror movie ‘Arachnophobia’ makes little sense if ‘phobia’ means hate rather than fear.
Now I know why Max and bettykath call people “homophobes”:
They don’t know what the word means.
‘PHOBE’ comes “from French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos “fearing,” from phobos “fear, panic, flight, “phobe” in “put to flight, frighten” (see phobia).”
The correct Greek word-forming element is from miso-,meaning “hater, hatred,” a form of Greek misos “hatred, and “misein “to hate.”
E.g., misanthrope: “one who hates mankind,” and misogyny: “woman-hater,” or misandry “hater of men.”
The erroneous use of ‘phobe’ as ‘hate’ has dwarfed the correct usage, but serves to illustrate the ignorance of tradition, including of their own language, and is yet another example how the left redefines words as they see fit, ultimately devolving into meaninglessness.
The correct word for ‘hating the dead’ would be, I believe, ‘misonecron, which, as you’ll find, is a not a word used in English, which I find interesting.
‘Necrophobia’ is fear of the dead.
The corpse said: “You can have him, he has the clap.” That was it. She responded.
She lost control when she thought the corpse was ignoring her.
Max, definitely necrophobia.
Sounds like she was trying to scalp the corpse
@TygerG
Thank you!!! I am trying to wake up enough to do an Irish Poem. I had cafe au lait today, and I think it has less caffeine than coffee. But here goes!
Corpus Callous-um???
An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm
Oh, what could be wrong in the head,
Of a chick who abuses the dead???
Sooo, “Hell hath no fury. . .”
But would a Grand Jury,
Concur, or would they see red???
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Note for ESLs:
The corpus callosum (/ˈkɔrpəs kəˈloʊsəm/; Latin for “tough body“), also known as the callosal commissure, is a wide, flat bundle of neural fibers beneath the cortex in the eutherian brain at the longitudinal fissure. It connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates interhemispheric communication. It is the largest white matter structure in the brain, consisting of 200–250 million contralateral axonal projections.
“Callous” means showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Reblogged this on pundit from another planet.
Or, Squeeky, perhaps a “Deceased, so Resist” order. (You’re too funny!)
Perhaps the local authorities couldn’t find an applicable charge officially. What is a hideous assault (if one can call attacking a dead body an assault) or desecrating a corpse that deserves a heavy sentence may be only a minor misdemeanor to someone else. Of course, what seems appropriate to the deceased’s family is most important overall. An odd situation, indeed.
OK, sooo the Court there needs to issue a Decease and Desist Order!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reportert
So loving a corpse is necrophilia… What do you call hating a corpse, necrophobia?