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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm sorry but I snapped, or I was angry, or I was misunderstood is never ever an excuse for violent crimes. I was abused or mistreated is never an excuse for violent crimes.
What separates man from animals is supposed to be our ability to rise above that crap and know right from wrong. If a person can't discern right from wrong he or she doesn't belong in society at all.
I don't know if I buy that the Fort Hood shooter was truly a victim of racism, I do buy that he believed himself to be different because of his religion but that doesn't make his actions understandable.
With the Sniper the man was clearly a monster who was completely lacking anything that made him a member of society. He was found to be competent to stand trial so that means he was rational when he came up with his crime. He didn't snap, he made a decision that goes against anything that allows him to be part of society.
There is no excuse at all for committing a violent crime, not anger, not perceived marginalization, not abuse nothing.
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I'm not sure he was trying to excuse the acts, I think he was just saying that the presence of outside pressures etc. makes it hard for him to accept the idea of execution as punishment. I don't have the same rationale for opposing the death penalty, but it's such a morally sensitive issue that I can kind of see where he's coming from.