Rape and torture victim–why is this fact always overlooked?
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mikemic73110 — 18 years ago(February 26, 2008 09:40 PM)
I actually don't blame her for being a serial killer, if someone raped and tortured me, I think i'd be one too! I'd knock off people if I felt threated, I don't blame her at all.
That's just crazy. Just because someone hurt you in the past doesn't give you the right to try and kill other innocent people even if you do feel threatened by them. Feeling threatened by somebody isn't the same thing as actually being threatened by somebody. You would get into serious trouble and end up either dead or in prison. If you tried to kill me, I would kill you before you even have the chance.
I don't blame her at all.
I can't see why you would excuse her actions. Maybe she was justified in killing the man who raped her, but the other men who had nothing to do with her problems didn't deserve to be killed. -
TheBreadGirl — 18 years ago(July 30, 2007 07:42 PM)
Aileen Wuornos was mentally ill and she was her own worst enemy when it came to defendingb68 herself. She didn't have the sanity to properly appeal to the court or the media, changing her story constantly and use petty excuses for her actions. Being raped shouldn't exempt a person from bad behavior; but she should've just been locked up and given psychiatric aid. The fact that she was killed for killing other people is ridiculous. Personally, I find it incredibly disturbing that such a malicious thing as revenge is being practiced by our "righteous" government.
"Hill House, not sane, stood by itself for eighty years and might stand for eighty more." -
Violet_Loves_Iliona — 19 years ago(April 04, 2007 01:41 AM)
" Someone wronged you, you don't keep screwing up"
Talk about blaming the victim!
This kind of attitude is one of the reasons I am a misanthrope.I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, "Get off me, you two!"
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TheBreadGirl — 18 years ago(July 30, 2007 07:27 PM)
People rarely dig deeper to find the cause of someone's actions. They'd rather only judge their superficial actions. It makes it easier for our society to remain morally black and white. "Criminals = bad." It relieves people's consciences to separate the criminal part of the person and the human part of the person, therefore making punishment easier to deal out. Doesn't it just make you sick?
"Hill House, not sane, stood by itself for eighty years and might stand for eighty more." -
Child_OfThe_Moon — 17 years ago(December 18, 2008 11:38 AM)
People rarely dig deeper to find the cause of someone's actions. They'd rather only judge their superficial actions. It makes it easier for our society to remain morally black and white. "Criminals = bad." It relieves people's consciences to separate the criminal part of the person and the human part of the person, therefore making punishment easier to deal out. Doesn't it just make you sick?
Punishment is not a denial of the fact that person's actions and traits are partly influenced by factors beyond their control. Every single person has flaws and makes mistakes, and there is likely some logical explanation for the root of them, but does that mean that the wrong choices people make in day to day life should not bring consequences? Criminals themselves aren't necessarily "bad" and their punishment doesn't imply so, it just means that their actions were immoral.