Kid with aspergers (supposedly) gets life in prison

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And that child will not be brought back to life by nay-saying a years old diagnosis.

The child will not be brought back to life through the suffering of the other boy. The only thing that will result from the other boy suffering is the existence of more suffering in the world. To my knowledge hating has never brought anyone back from the dead or prevented so much as a single crime. Knee jerk de-diagnosis over the internet is in my view no more effective than hatred as either a form of necromancy or a means of preventing crime.

If an insanity defence suceeded, he would not be out on the streets until deemed safe to be so. That's not the case with a fixed term sentence.

xenon13~



I fully concur with everything you said, so no need to preach to the converted.


Still...there are a few things i'd like to add.


Not of all of the blame here can be laid at the feet of the "powers-that-be".

Needless to say....America is not some Stalinist nation like North Korea and the public DOES have some say of course.

And as evidenced from this very thread....many think this kid "deserves" far more than mere incarceration. Several have wished literal torture on him and i'd say millions of Americans would eagerly endorse it as well. Oh sure....they might object to waterboarding or the Iron Maiden to "save face". But if rape, brutal assault and constant psychological torment doesn't qualify as torture in their eyes.....I don't know what does.

That's exactly what this kid would face in general population in one of our warm and fuzzy state prisons. These people know this and they have admitted they would fully support it.

So yeah...many Americans have a big problem with our judicial system. Plenty who do simply don't think it's nearly punitive enough.

This sort of mentality is relatively unique to America insofar as most, if not all, modern western or westernized nations are concerned. And considering our per capita rate of violent crime, this mentality seems to be working wonders

Millions of Americans (particularily those who define themselves as "conservatives") are just engaged in yet another one their beloved "healthy" competitions here.


This time.... they're competing with Torquemada, the Puritans and other such highly civilized and rational folk.

Many Americans would simply dry up and blow away if they didn't have SOMEONE to demonize and torture.

And/or some holy crusade to wage against socialism, communism, terrorism, (which America has NEVER been guilty of btw. Blacks, Indians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Indoneisans, Iraqis, Filipinos, Nicaraguans, Cubans, Salvadorians, etc... may beg to differ ) liberalism, atheism, hollywood, heavy metal music, hip-hop music, any form of spirituality aside from Judeo-Christianity, video games, secular humanism, drugs, prostitution, evolution, reason, science, books, brain cells, vaccines, cartoon characters who look too effeminate for James Dobson's comfort, etc.....ad infinitum.

Welcome to the United States of Bellevue.

Maybe that 'child' would have liked to, you know, not bully him to the point of f***ing snapping.

You have AS, right? Are you severe? Do you have rages or fits of any kind? How would you feel if you were shown this same amount of compassion?

Here is what I hope for you. I hope you one day have a meltdown and harm someone who was constantly bullying and overstimulating you.

And I hope you are treated with the exact same approach you show towards this kid.

Yeah, I mean that. Literally. You're cold and you need neither compassion nor adrenaline/oxygen.

Finally....it was one of greatest displays of one's own "moral" peacock feathers i've yet to see on Wrongplanet. You seem to have a grave misunderstanding of your motivations and an equally grave overestimation of your own self-appointed martyrdom.
A "martyrdom" which is motivated by the same selfishness you claim to deplore in your post. Therefore....I kindly suggest you reconsider your smug self-righteous approach as it will only serve to alienate and devalue others rather than anything you're hoping to achieve.

Bottom line Etular;

Feeling good about yourself because of what you do for others is one thing. Feeling like a saint who is morally superior to others is quite a different matter entirely. I suggest you limit your ego-ideal to the former.

Well his Aspergers is not an excuse for stabbing someone to death. I have AS and know right from wrong. Murder is wrong! Plain and simple. But, he will be eaten for breakfast in a prison! Send him somewhere more secluded or put him in a special facility. Otherwise it is just as cruel as the murder itself in my book.

Maybe that 'child' would have liked to, you know, not bully him to the point of f***ing snapping.