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In reply to the discussion: You are not required to support Dorner, [View all]2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)And our society has become filled with hate and violence.
Whenever one of these mega interesting, terrifying, and sad cases come up, I actually also have sadness for the perp and their family.
I know a young man who is in jail for some violence. I hate him, yet I have some pity for him because I do know that inside of him is just a man. If he had been raised in a different household, in a different type of environment, he would probably never have become a violent offender.
I have always been able to see what drives people to be assholes. It's what has happened in their life. I am convinced if we had a kinder more loving society that did not do so much harm to the people who need help the most, we would not have the amount of violent crime that we have today. We would not have so many families devastated daily.
So, yeah I see where Dorner is coming from. I am only beginning to see where Lanza was coming from. In his case it may be actual untreated mental illness. But for most of them it is their society, their upbringing, their lives.
In no way does that make their killing right. They are still murdering assholes. I'm just saying that often you can look and see the occurrences in ones life that drove them in the wrong direction. What made them assholes.
I enjoy our speculation on this site. Right or wrong it does bring up a lot of information.