07-12-2011, 04:30 PM
No, it wouldn't be on a par with the original crime, but it would still be wrong. In my opinion anyway.
Yes. I agree the crimes are totally different. I don't pity Brady. I never said I did. Of course I don't spend my time feeling sorry for everyone who's ever murdered a child or made a pinata of a pregnant actress. You don't need to tell me that Brady is simply human garbage. I know that. What I'm saying is what you just said, that not every crime, and thus not every criminal, is the same. I pity Lennon's killer. I pity Ed Gein. I do not pity Ian Brady. I do not pity Ian Huntley. However, despite these varying degrees of feeling I believe that each of the killers I mentioned should be (and as for Ed Gein should have been, like he was) locked away for the rest of their lives.
Yes. I agree the crimes are totally different. I don't pity Brady. I never said I did. Of course I don't spend my time feeling sorry for everyone who's ever murdered a child or made a pinata of a pregnant actress. You don't need to tell me that Brady is simply human garbage. I know that. What I'm saying is what you just said, that not every crime, and thus not every criminal, is the same. I pity Lennon's killer. I pity Ed Gein. I do not pity Ian Brady. I do not pity Ian Huntley. However, despite these varying degrees of feeling I believe that each of the killers I mentioned should be (and as for Ed Gein should have been, like he was) locked away for the rest of their lives.
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