On Jun 17, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Horn, John wrote:
Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa
On Jun 16, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Russell Chapman wrote:
Or, just maybe, these people are beating up these kids coz
they're
psycopaths who enjoy it (or derive some missing feeling or power
or
whatever), and then suddenly start talking religion and devils
when
they get caught ? Call me cynical...
It might be the other way around. Sadistic people with delusions
of
inadequacy might be using religion as an excuse for torture.
Isn't that more or less what he said?
:D
Yeah, I suppose it is; I guess I was thinking more along the lines of
people committing heinous acts and, upon being caught, falling back on
any excuse -- as opposed to joining a cult for the express purpose, at
the outset, of committing heinous acts.
It's probably hair-splitting. Those who want to behave sadistically
will do so, and will use any excuse they can imagine to dodge a bullet
-- or attempt to do so -- when they're brought to justice. Whether it's
"just following orders" from a superior officer, or "just following
orders" from a talking dog, the acts are the same, and it might be that
the motivations are as well.
Certainly from the perspective of the victims, the question "why" seems
meaningless.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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