# Life?!??!?!!?!?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 15, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509 "2002-03-15T20:07:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509/21 "2002-03-15T22:40:49Z")

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and i suppose you’d like to slit her throat and bathe in her blood, huh?

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509/22 "2002-03-15T22:46:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Macro Man \*  
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> And Stoid, this situation is only complex if you make it so. \*\*

Like I said, must be nice.

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> \*\* Many people are victims of their environment, upbringing, situation, etc., but none of this should excuse an individual’s actions. \*\*

Evidently, this is one of the tools for making it simple: ignore the facts. Her insanity wasn’t a product of environment or a bad childhood. It was a result of the \*\* chemicals \*\* in her brain. Her insanity was a psychological manifestation of a \*\* physical \*\* problem. Is it a blind person’s fault that they cannot see?

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> \*\* Another thing: why are women’s groups rallying around this maniac as a poster child? \*\*

Because of precisely the above. This woman went mad for physical, chemical reasons that are unique to females.

I realize to you it’s simple: “Person kills = murderer = evil”, but in reality it actually is a little more complex than a Dick & Jane primer.

stoid

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509/23 "2002-03-15T22:52:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \*  
> **Why must so many people insist that Mr. Yates be pilloried? Can you explain this?**

As disgusting as I find him and his contribution to this tragic situation, I think he’s experiencing a direct and very powerful price for his behavior: the deaths of all his children and the loss of his wife. If that doesn’t resonate with him, I doubt much else would.

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**Author:** ![igotit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@igotit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igotit)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509/24 "2002-03-15T23:33:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by World Eater \*  
> They should take her out in the back alley and put a bullet through her head.
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> End of story.

**Five** times.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life/98509/25 "2002-03-15T23:43:56Z")

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So we spared her the “cruel and unusual punishment” of a relatively quick death, only to allow her to rot in prison for the rest of her life.

:rolleyes:

If I’m ever convicted of Capital Murder, you may all rest assured that I’M asking for the needle. Better that than wasting 50 years doing absolutely nothing, learning absolutely nothing, and accomplishing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I think that is more cruel than lethal injection, by far. It would drive me nuts.

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