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No, jethro, I was quite serious when I wrote that line. However, I beleive
that you misread my intent.  I was speaking from the boy's angle, that he may use it as justification.  And a lot of children (and adults) in that type of position do.  No, I don't give a damn what he resents or who.  I want his ass in jail if he committed the heinous act that I believe he did, and apparently the judge did also.  But I am all for approaching things and presenting things as objectively as possible, regardless of my feelings.  Even if this means having to see things from the side of the victim or perpetrator.  It is not to set up any predetermined response from my audience, but to give my audience an idea of where the mind of the individual is -- in this case, the mind of a 13-year-old murderer who may feel justified in his murdering of the older boy and resent any ruling that states that he is a murderer.  Call it denial, call it truth, call it plain old resentment for getting caught and being made pay for it, but resent he will.

posted by saul_relative on July 19, 2005 at 2:28 PM | link to this | reply

"If he is guilty, it could still set up resentment in the fact that the boy may not feel that his punishment is justified"

Please tell me you were not serious when you wrote this line. This one line sums up perfectly why the majority of Americans don't trust liberals farther than they can throw them to keep our streets safe. Your moral ambiguity and relativistic attitude are hard to stomach.

posted by jethro on July 18, 2005 at 3:33 PM | link to this | reply