Posted by beardedlady on March 28, 2002, at 5:37:29
In reply to Re: Right you are?, posted by Cass on March 28, 2002, at 1:32:23
Normally, I would agree with you 100 percent. (I don't think it's right to hold someone else accountable for another's crimes.) But I think this case shows someone to be so negligent that the negligence contributed to the crime--made it possible, if not probable. It's sort of like knowing your dogs or kids are in the car in 90 degree heat with the windows completely closed and not getting them out of there, even though it was your wife who left them in the car to begin with.
He KNEW what his wife was capable of doing--she told him!--and he did not protect those children. As their father, that was his first responsibility.
As for whether he has a mental illness, I think you have to be mentally ill to have done what he did. And everyone in the universe has some kind of mental illness displayed in the form of bigotry, stupidity, rudeness, etc. But I don't believe his could excuse him out of the duty to protect his kids.
I know; I express opinions strongly, as if they were fact. I always tell my students to do the same because saying, "I think," "I feel," or "I believe" waters down your argument. I added a few of those so I didn't look pushy on this here board! Please know that I respect the opinions of others, too.
beardy : )>
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