Comments for Whatever his "power issues," the face of venality...

Whatever his "power issues," the face of venality...

2008-04-29T15:09:52Z

...outside of their carefully constructed environment, is, in the end, sad, lonely, and pathetic.

Like Pol Pot, without the blood.

Comment from kat-missouri on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T21:02:18Z

Well his daughter was about 18 or 20 when he locked her up. He was about 50. The wife claims not to have known or wondered where the daughter was. or more likely, she was equally abused and cowed. Odd what some can get used to after awhile. apparently the wife did not complain about his disappearing behind the basement wall for hours on end or the extra food bills, etc, nor about adopting any of the children. oh...I could go on. John is right...banality of evil. Kind of reminds me of reading mein kampf and realizing that Hitler was just a man who tried to make everything "reasonable" including industrialized murder.

Comment from fdcol63 on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T19:09:33Z

I, for one, sincerely hope there is a very special and very dark place in HE11 reserved for evil, sick ba$turds like this who rape and torture children. Give our regards to Mengele when you see him, Fritzi.

Comment from BloodSpite on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T18:35:46Z

Hows the old saying go? I trust everyone..its the devil inside them I don't

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T17:56:02Z

Actually, 74, the link is dated. DNA tests were conducted and they proved paternity. His. Argent - the vebiage coming out of Austria contains much psycho-jargon, much, if not all of it, germane and apt. I can accept all of that, and have no problems with the authorities acting from that premise... as long as they remain cognizant of... the evil that lurks inside - regardless of source. I don't have problem with the label of evil, and in a religious context. Drive out the evil, with whatever tools make sense and comport with our idea of civilized behavior. I was more interested in how pedestrian evil can be.

Comment from 74 on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T17:26:14Z

Hmmm, so this guy has kept his daughter prisoner and she has had three children during this time and he DOESN'T admit to incest. -- Does he think the authorities are going to buy immaculate conception?

Comment from Argent on 2008-04-29

2008-04-29T16:14:18Z

But John you display the body not the mind. It's like a tank. This one is quite old yes? But who's inside? A "leftie" concept is there are no monsters and evil. So displaying this man's mind would be revealing disordered distorted thinking with causes rather than the dark powers of the Devil. This concept is, of course, not popular on your side of the fence. At the stated level I fully agree with this idea. There reaches a point though where even if one like him isn't intrinsically evil... even if it's all causative, then one still should lock up and perhaps in some cases kill them. But that's an argument for another day. Because I fully disagree with the usual "leftie" consequential of this concept involving pity, mollycoddling, saying they are just misguided and letting them do it again. I guess when you live with a real disability you know how vile Pity really is. Real help is valuable, pity is disgusting. Something at least some on your side would understand. Not that I'm cold hearted, on the contrary. This has damaged one girl's life beyond measure and probably his as well. It's a very sad story. She deserves the support because at a very basic level the buck stops with yourself. Self responsibility. Something I fear many US and Aussie citizens on both sides of the fence stink at. We love our individual self empowerment, but the idea of individual self responsibility doesn't quite gel. One wonders how I'm doing myself. Hey Kat here's a moral value for you. Self responsibility.