To: honeygrl; hopespringseternal
People who kill children on purpose don't deserve to live themselves. I hope she gets the chair.Right on.
To: Z in Oregon
The left has been pushing their victim mentality for so long that we are conditioned to react fiercely every time something *looks* like the same old BS. Society needs to be protected from her, but rooting for her death seems a bit premature.
The comment "who *cares* if she's suffering from depression" is unfortunate and saddening. If all severely depressed people were able to make sound judgements and get themselves timely help, there would be far fewer severely depressed people. Depression comes of its own accord and is indeed mind-altering, and if it is severe enough, it thwarts reason and one's ability to get help. I firmly believe it can, in certain cases, relieve culpability for one's actions... possibly even when it comes to killing.
To be clear, I'm not judging this woman one way or another, but it's not reasonable to condemn her outright. We should strive for personal accountability and shun the victim mentality, but we should also be patient and willing to discern true victimhood if and when it exists.
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