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In reply to the discussion: Do you usually feel sad for most perpetrators of heinous crimes? [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)27. It depends.
Some of them express remorse like Jeffrey Dahmer. Before he died he said he wished he'd been given the death penalty and that he would never be safe out in the general public because he couldn't control himself. Even though he probably did some of the nastiest, more heinous shit imaginable, I've always felt a tiny bit sorry for him.
But then you get really arrogant assholes like Ted Bundy or people who kill for the attention or to show that they're badass and better than everyone else. I don't really feel sorry for them.
And you get people who get sucked into it to some extent because they have weak personalities or have been brutalised themselves. I feel a little sorry for Myra Hindley, for example, but not for Ian Brady.
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Do you usually feel sad for most perpetrators of heinous crimes? [View all]
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
OP
I like that expression -- "the void that was left." So much better than "potential," which is the
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#11
I feel sad for the potential that was lost. I think your OP says it quite well -- no child wishes to
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#10
More with the perpetrators family and close friends than with the actual perpetrator.
Recovered Repug
Jul 2012
#13
There's some hope for humanity yet, as this poll seems to be breaking 50-50 roughly. I voted
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#14
I was thinking the same thing. I expected only a few to feel any sympathy for the perpetrators.
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#22
I remember that story. There have also been a few other stories, although they rarely get
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#38