Comments on: Mother Murdered for Being Strict

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:26:44 +0000

Thats freakin wack like my rents r strict but i wouldnt kill them!!!

By: cnc virus

cnc virus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:51:40 +0000

just goes to show

By: Yoga Fire

Yoga Fire — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:22:42 +0000

Also, I'm pretty sure 7*6 is Jonathan Swift reincarnated.

I see what you did there. I commend you sir, and am in full support of your estimably modest proposal.

By: the great one

the great one — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:53:47 +0000

Yoga fire, great comments. keep it up.

By: Yoga Fire

Yoga Fire — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:06:33 +0000

I do not feel sorry for that teen one bit.

I have some pity for him. But I just think it's silly to ignore or let it override our more general sense that this kid did something evil. Sometimes people do evil things and no amount of context is going to change that. Maybe they had a good heart, maybe it could have turned out differently, but none of that really matters after he pulls the trigger.

It's good to have sympathy for people. Being religious I do sincerely try to acknowledge the divinity in everyone. But when it comes to our duties as people here on Earth, the first is to uphold the righteousness and that means having an intrinsic love of justice and hatred of injustice.

Making excuses for people who do things we know to be wrong really just lets everyone else who harbors dark thoughts and evil intentions convince themselves that they're not really bad, just misunderstood. And that, dear friends, is a dangerous lie that can let people justify all kinds of evil deeds to themselves.

By: Harbeer

Harbeer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:15:05 +0000

The upcoming new Werner Herzog fillum (produced by David Lynch) My Son, My Son, What Have You Done is based on similar, true story.

By: 7*6

7*6 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:32:22 +0000

Pravin: i’m sorry you feel no sympathy towards this boy. No act should be seen without its context in society at large. He was an immigrant of color in a potentially racist culture. His mother, an immigrant woman from a patriarchal culture, was obviously traumatized and transferred this societal trauma to her child. The boy in turn, due to a societal lack of concern for his mental health, did not get the help he needed so that he would not plot with his classmate to coldbloodedly murder his mother. No doubt his classmate was equally if not more so traumatized because he too is of color. As you can see, the context here is that of racist uncaring society that drove an innocent colored boy to madness and a colored woman to death. A jury of his uncolored peers cannot but indict and throw their own selves in jail.

By: Pravin

Pravin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:55:50 +0000

I actually dont mind YogaFire’s comments. They are direct and to the point. I do not feel sorry for that teen one bit. Unless she subjected him to some unspeakable abuse, the guy needs to pay for it.

By: Bobby D

Bobby D — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:14:17 +0000

"but they cannot ignore you!"

Actually, that' exactly what I do...scroll past these pseudo-inflammatory posters to get to the heart of the comment(er)s.

By: ignore, don't revile

ignore, don't revile — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:26:18 +0000

Commentators such as Yoga Fire make it hard

Shalu416, you have mentioned Yoga Fire by name already! In contrast, you do not name those whom you find reasonable!

Yoga Fire is following the first rule for an op-ed writer: your readership can revile you, but they cannot ignore you!