- Dr TimothyLeary
- |
- Exalted Mythic Member
Posted by: AK FROST
Posted by: Dr TimothyLeary
Posted by: AK FROST
Posted by: Dr TimothyLeary
Though I'm usually in full support of the idea that parents take at least some of the blame for their child's actions, in a case like this, many people were at fault.
Let's not forget the teachers and students who spent eight hours a day with the guy as he grew up. Or the other people in his life who had to have noticed that something was really wrong with this guy.
Crazy of that magnitude doesn't manifest itself over night. He sent out red flags to everyone remotely close to him, I'm sure.
They simply chose to look the other way. But at the end of the day the mother knew this and allowed access to an assault riflle. Pretty hard to argue that regardless.I'm certainly not arguing that. Just stating that blame isn't easily placed in a situation like this. Doubt anyone would argue that if he didn't get it from her, he wasn't going to get it somewhere, though. I'm not really goin to base it on hypotheticals however. In that specific situation it wouldn't have happened. Would it have happened? If a criminal doesn't get caught does he recommit? Hard to say.I would say that it depends on the motivation behind the killings. Not having easy access to a weapon would stop an act of passion or immediate anger. But not a methodically planned or premeditated act of violence.
I'm not privy to all the facts on the case, so I really don't know which this particular incident falls under.