Thanks for posting that extended article on the family. It makes the tragedy a little more understandable. (Not that violence is ever justified, but it shows how much stress both parties were under. Sounds like the guy snapped.)
In the dentist's waiting room on Bainbridge Island today, I chatted with a mother and her young daughter who had known the murdered children. Everyone here is appalled, of course and all we can say is WHY?
This is a special, woodsy, and ostensibly safe place to live, but loaded with liberals, some quite well off. I wonder whether masking rage until passive-aggressiveness spirals out of control is a liberal trademark. I'm particularly struck by the way Dawson murdered his girls, not a mark on them. He obviously didn't want to hurt them. Just to kill them softly. And so methodically, coldly, with incredible malice aforethought.
Come to think of it, I know a fellow here who bears a close resemblance to Dawson, not just in looks but in life story. "Nice" fellah, but I wouldn't trust him to babysit with my pets. Yes, the subject did come up.