WTF is going on here?
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- ghandolf0
No, I did not. I don't know the man or anything about him, (except for the 50 line article on CNN.com that this thread referred me to) nor have I evaluated his condition, and neither have you.
I merely responded to a post that suggested that people cannot be changed, shaped, or molded using treatment, education, or incarceration.
The post I responded to said...
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You fix a tree at the roots, not by chopping off the leaves.The only fix is education and rehabilitation at an early age.
Who wants to bet this dude is from a poor inner city home with no male role model
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This last statement suggests that everyone born in a poor inner city with no male role model, will kill a cop and grow up to be a menace to society. This is also not true. Talk about generalizations!This man didn't get to be 26 years old without someone noticing that he's got 'issues'. And if that's the case, then yes, I agree that it's sad and he should have the opportunity for treatment.
I'm not advocating the death penalty for anyone. I also do not know the man's history or what he may or may not have been through in his life. For you to suggest that I do, is ludicrist.
We can argue all you want for the sake of argueing if that's what you want. But he is in the hands of the authorities now, and rightly so.. and clearly he doesn't want their help. You can be sure that he will have several evaluations of his mental capacity, as all prisoners do in this country, before any action is taken against him. And if he lives in California, or any of most of the other states here, he will never be put to death.