If you don’t ask the person who commits an act about why he did it, how are you going to know the reasoning behind it? Will you just assign him a reason and decide that’s it, regardless of what he says?
Seems to me the best way to find out a perp’s motive is to, um, ask the perp.
“Seems to me the best way to find out a perp’s motive is to, um, ask the perp.”
Only an complete idiot would trust the word of a terrorist.
Only an complete idiot would trust the word of a terrorist.
He’s willing to kill millions of innocent people to further his fascist cause, but you think he’s not willing to stoop to lying... Wow! You must be supporting Ron Paul, huh?
Uh, huh. You seem to have great faith in the honesty and truthfulness of humankind.
I was watching Cops last evening. A 'Perp' was arrested near a backpack he insisted wasn't his, which carried black clothing used in an armed robbery he insisted he wasn't at (oh, also the cash from that robbery), and his shoe print fit the shoe print found on the countertop of the store, left when he jumped the counter.
Well. Do you think if we asked this 'Perp' what his motive was for insisting he wasn't involved, he'd say it was because he wanted to fool the police? I rather doubt it. More likely, he'd continue the deception. After all it serves his best interest, not the truth.
In the same vein, why should we take at face value anything mentally unstable people like Osama bin Laden or the Unabomber say? Why? How do we know that what they're saying isn't inteneded for their own benefit and not the truth?
Oh, and I'm, not lumping Dr. Paul in with those who are mentally unstable, but I'm coming closer to it every day.