The Effect of Childhood
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you asked;
Quote:are we more sympathetic (not forgiving) towards monsters

i said no i'm not.

you said, and this is verbatum;

Quote:The point of justice is consistency. But that doesn't mean we can't pity. For instance, I believe John Lennon's killer should remain locked away or else heavily monitored for the rest of his life, but that doesn't mean I don't pity him. He's sick. I pity the sick.
so my question to you is this...do you class people like manson and brady and hindley, sick.

you said you don't pity brady, which if true is enough of an answer for me Wink
neither of us pity monsters who kill in such away. no words have been twisted in the making of this post. (btw, it's not net etiquette to use a persons real full name in a post but i don't mind)

the word you used in the op was sympathy. i have non of that either, how can i sympathise with a mans upbringing after he's killed and tortured innocent people while knowing that his actions were wrong.

me wanting to give such people a taste of their own medicine is just a bonus i threw into the discussion in order to back up how far my lack of sympathy goes.
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The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-08-2011, 08:54 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-08-2011, 09:51 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-08-2011, 10:02 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-08-2011, 08:31 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by srijantje - 07-08-2011, 10:24 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by kath3 - 07-08-2011, 07:57 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by abu nuwas - 07-08-2011, 09:31 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-08-2011, 11:43 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-09-2011, 05:47 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-10-2011, 02:31 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-10-2011, 11:08 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by Vika - 07-10-2011, 11:09 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-10-2011, 11:17 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by Vika - 07-10-2011, 11:27 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-11-2011, 12:59 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-11-2011, 05:42 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by srijantje - 07-11-2011, 01:34 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-11-2011, 02:32 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by addy - 07-11-2011, 04:48 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 01:08 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-12-2011, 05:38 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 07:11 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-12-2011, 10:40 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 11:04 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-12-2011, 11:24 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 11:52 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-12-2011, 02:36 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 04:30 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by kath3 - 07-12-2011, 07:03 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-12-2011, 08:25 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by kath3 - 07-12-2011, 08:30 PM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-13-2011, 05:24 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-13-2011, 12:26 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-13-2011, 05:40 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-13-2011, 05:45 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-13-2011, 05:55 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-13-2011, 08:40 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-13-2011, 09:18 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-13-2011, 09:30 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by heslopian - 07-13-2011, 09:34 AM
RE: The Effect of Childhood - by billy - 07-13-2011, 09:53 AM



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