Discussion for article #234418
I appreciate the sensitivity and honesty. It is most difficult of all to feel compassion for the monstrous among us–and it is one of the most important things we can try to do.
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Actually, scientists explain that serial killers, no matter what their background, have a chromosomal abnormality, which is why they feel no empathy for their victims
Let’s not give credence to totally unsubstantiated theories please. Especially ones mentioned in Business Insider.
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This reminds me of watching either The Americans or Breaking Bad.
Every time the protagonist is at risk of getting caught, I sympathize on one level, but one the other I think “wouldn’t the world be better with this guy in jail?”
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seeing his mother jump to her death was traumatic, sure. But lots - LOTS - of children are traumatized, and much worse than this. Some turn out bad, some struggle through some or all of their lives with the after effects of the trauma, others deal with it and move on. Few turn into serial killers.
This guy had EVERY advantage one could possibly have. He could have seen a shrink every day or two for his entire life with that wealth, to deal with whatever trauma might have been bothering him.
He was and is a POS, a waste of skin, an oxygen thief. You felt sympathy for him because he is handsome and well-spoken and whether you realize it or not, the fact that he is insanely wealthy made you unconsciously have a lot more sympathy for him than you would for some hick from Appalachia missing half his teeth. We all seem to be either wired or programmed by our culture to regard the wealthy as being intrinsically better than the rest of us.
I guarantee you that had he been a black man, that Galveston jury would never have listened to the defense’s argument that one had to forget all about the business of chopping up the body and throwing it into the bay.