[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

To me this is the same thing as giving money to a suicide bomber’s family!

[Redleg Duke]

Then, I think you need to revisit your premise.

[VirginiaMom]

A suicide bombers family endorses what he/she does and glorifies it. This murderer’s family did no such thing. To compare the two makes no sense.

[najida]

Yeah,
lets just kill his kids too, they’ll probably grow up just like him.../sarcasm.

You need a hug, doncha?

[grellis]

From all of the "exposes" on how one becomes a homicide bomber, the family members usually seem to encourage their sons, brothers and nephews into the act--not force them, but give them the big thumbs up.

I have yet to see any evidence that the widow Roberts or her children encouraged their spouse/father into the massacre which he alone perpetrated.

Have you ever sinned? Done something stupid? C'mon, share with the class. Then we can go after your family.

[Pablo64]

Yeah, because I'm sure that before he went out that morning his kids all begged him to take hostages, kill people, then kill himself and leave them without a father.

Do I really need the sarcasm tag, or can you figure this one out for yourself?

[MEGoody]

To me this is the same thing as giving money to a suicide bomber’s family!

I would see no problem with that as long as the family wasn't involved in encouraging him to be a suicide bomber. You can't blame a whole family for the actions of one member.

[Sue Perkick]

Not even close. None of them are reported to be dancing in the street & passing out candy or saying how proud they are of him.

[Red in Blue PA]

If you believe that, then you need to take Logic 101.

The wife and children had absolutely nothing to do with his mental demise.

[Red in Blue PA]

Sounds like you could learn something from their message:

“It is understood that hostility destroys community,” it said.

[CajunConservative]

I don’t think the two are related in any way shape or form. Suicide bombers are doing their deeds in order to force their ideology on society. The gunman was just nuts and seriously whacked. The wife and children probably were as clueless as the poor Amish girls were to what was going on in his mind.

[Elsiejay]

A dubious assertion, as Islamoterrorist homicide bombers often are praised by their families for their murderous acts, sent on their way with appeals for Allah’s blessing. No such familial sentiments attended the shooter of the Amish children.

[Theodore R.]

Not the same because the suicide bomber’s family approves of what the suicide bomber is doing.