OK, just got done reading and it seems my post about judgement sparked a lively conversation. I apologize if it was controversial. I does seem that a few missed my point and perhaps Rustler has looked at it through a new light and I see Ogress sees my point. Thanks for that.
I don't think Rustler or anyone else who understands what I am saying is suggesting they think what he did was not wrong. No one is saying he had a reason to do what he did. No one is saying it's ok because he was depressed or had a bad child hood. There is no excuse for what he did to those kids. It was a very sick thing to do. Yes, we have a justice system that judges and usually convicts the guilty but he hadn't gone through that yet. Yes, it is obvious he is guilty of this recent horrible act.
As far as the media staying out of it until this recent tragedy I don't believe they have. Just because we haven't heard anything on the news doesn't mean the media wasn't camped outside his house with their cameras and microphones waiting for some new take on the story, something new to report. I'm sure he couldn't go anywhere without being followed and because of all the publicity was ostracized from society. So ya, the media makes a bad situation worse. The media and society judged him before he was tried for his suspected crime of killing his wife.
I said what I did because I wanted to suggest to people that maybe we need to stop for a minute and instead of going with the flow, maybe get out of the feeding frenzy and think a little differently if even for a minute. What he did to those kids was wrong, horrible and unforgivable. Taking another life is the ultimate sin. Thinking about trying to understand how someone can take the life of their own child is uncomprehensible.
In my years of working with animals, in breaking and training horses and especially in my years working with wild animals there is something called the 'fight or flight response'. It's where you know when to stop pushing an animal into a corner to prevent them from making the choice of whether they turn and fight or they run. You need to learn where that line is and you cross or do not cross it depending on the outcome you want. The point I was trying to make was I believe the media and society crossed that line. That does not make Josh innocent. Josh made the choice. He made the wrong choice. He knew what he was doing but since no one knows everything about a person, no one knows where that line is. Why take a chance with a man who obviously was unstable. The more the media pushed him the more unstable he became. I'm just saying the media really screws things up just to have a story. Now they have created this feeding frenzy which I for one am not going to join. We need to put our energy into looking at how this could have been prevented. If it makes you feel better and helps heal you then go ahead and focus on beating him up, but remember, he is dead. He has met his Maker and paying the price. I for one am at peace that God will make it right and good will come of this and I have better things to do than bash and judge a dead person. God is the ultimate judge He will take care of it and He will take care of the innocent babes too. They are at peace. And the way this world is today, they really are in a better place.
I don't think Rustler or anyone else who understands what I am saying is suggesting they think what he did was not wrong. No one is saying he had a reason to do what he did. No one is saying it's ok because he was depressed or had a bad child hood. There is no excuse for what he did to those kids. It was a very sick thing to do. Yes, we have a justice system that judges and usually convicts the guilty but he hadn't gone through that yet. Yes, it is obvious he is guilty of this recent horrible act.
As far as the media staying out of it until this recent tragedy I don't believe they have. Just because we haven't heard anything on the news doesn't mean the media wasn't camped outside his house with their cameras and microphones waiting for some new take on the story, something new to report. I'm sure he couldn't go anywhere without being followed and because of all the publicity was ostracized from society. So ya, the media makes a bad situation worse. The media and society judged him before he was tried for his suspected crime of killing his wife.
I said what I did because I wanted to suggest to people that maybe we need to stop for a minute and instead of going with the flow, maybe get out of the feeding frenzy and think a little differently if even for a minute. What he did to those kids was wrong, horrible and unforgivable. Taking another life is the ultimate sin. Thinking about trying to understand how someone can take the life of their own child is uncomprehensible.
In my years of working with animals, in breaking and training horses and especially in my years working with wild animals there is something called the 'fight or flight response'. It's where you know when to stop pushing an animal into a corner to prevent them from making the choice of whether they turn and fight or they run. You need to learn where that line is and you cross or do not cross it depending on the outcome you want. The point I was trying to make was I believe the media and society crossed that line. That does not make Josh innocent. Josh made the choice. He made the wrong choice. He knew what he was doing but since no one knows everything about a person, no one knows where that line is. Why take a chance with a man who obviously was unstable. The more the media pushed him the more unstable he became. I'm just saying the media really screws things up just to have a story. Now they have created this feeding frenzy which I for one am not going to join. We need to put our energy into looking at how this could have been prevented. If it makes you feel better and helps heal you then go ahead and focus on beating him up, but remember, he is dead. He has met his Maker and paying the price. I for one am at peace that God will make it right and good will come of this and I have better things to do than bash and judge a dead person. God is the ultimate judge He will take care of it and He will take care of the innocent babes too. They are at peace. And the way this world is today, they really are in a better place.
