The overall death toll rose by 20% in one day

[sylvar]

Sonja Larson
Christina Powell
Christa Hoyt
Tracy Paules
Manuel Taboada
Danny Rolling

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Remember.


UPDATE: At tealfroglette's suggestion, I have changed the style of this entry so that the murderer's name is NOT in bold, and his victims' names are. I apologize for giving the impression that I thought he deserved more emphasis than the people he killed. (2006-10-27)

Comments

[ximinez]

http://cardinalximinez.livejournal.com/88528.html

Your mistake, IMHO, in grouping Rolling with the others is this:

Those five kids were innocent victims.

Yes, they are all deliberately killed, and perhaps they were all morally wrong, but Rolling was far from an innocent victim.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Tu as raison. That is an unmistakable salient point here, and thank you for making it.

I'm not sure why exactly it matters to me in this case that his death came earlier or less naturally than it otherwise would have. He would have died anyway, eventually, and there's no disputing that he murdered innocent people. It just *does* bother me.

I'm not even sure that "we shouldn't kill people because it's wrong/criminal to kill people" holds water; I mean, it would be wrong and criminal of me to lock you up in a cage, and yet there's not much debate about whether it's appropriate to do *that* to a convicted criminal.

[ximinez]

Tu as raison.

Thanks. I learned something new today. Thank goodness for web translators.

Also, you're very welcome. I think that's the importance of getting several perspectives, and even though I sometimes disagree with yours, I always appreciate hearing it.

It just *does* bother me.

You know, it bothers me, too. But it bothers me in a different way, and not nearly as much as the others.

I frequently cry when when I have to euthanize a pet, but I still do it (or have a vet do it).

I mean, it would be wrong and criminal of me to lock you up in a cage, and yet there's not much debate about whether it's appropriate to do *that* to a convicted criminal.

Exactly. Though there are a lot of people who pay good money to get locked up in a cage... ;)