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Originally Posted by Dion
Why should people feel sorry for Olsen and his suffering? He inflicted alot of pain on families and I doubt any of them feel the slightest sympathy for the pain he endured. What goes around, comes around and Olsen got his just rewards.
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I don't think anyone could have any sympathy or empathy for people like this, even other sociopaths (obviously)...nor should anyone. That's not the point I was trying to make. It's the satisfaction and sense of justice that someone else's suffering and death seems to bring someone completely separated from the situation.
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Originally Posted by Daradon
Well things don't happen in a vacuum. People will always judge right and wrong and getting what you deserve. Even the spiritual principle of karma works on this effect. In that, his victims were innocent, but he was not. Therefore, he got what he deserved, but they deserved better. Especially since he never showed remorse or growth.
I'm not saying I agree that it's ok to rejoice over anyone's pain, but in this case it's easy to understand and I wouldn't thumb my nose either.
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Perfectly understandable, and a solid statement. It is just not a perspective and attitude that I have towards these kinds of situations.
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Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers
That's not a quirk of morality. It's its essence. The idea that the suffering Olsen inflicted and the suffering he endured be viewed in the same light is an amoral perspective.
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Very well put, and I understand it from that perspective.
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Originally Posted by Beerfest
Wait...what?
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To explain my comment further, I don't take pleasure or satisfaction from the suffering and death of anyone or anything. That sure is easy to say from the distanced view involving no victimage, but it is truly how I feel.
It's not like I believe people who celebrate the death and suffering of certain individuals deemed 'evil' are wrong, or bad. I'm definitely not one to judge. It's just thought provoking that people can be so morally driven, and yet completely amoral in situations like this.
Thanks for the civil responses everyone.