Woman calls 911, says she strangled autistic children

[Aramike]

While I will agree it is not worth a full mitigation, just to ascertain which page you are on, name me at least two long term plausible lifestyles that you would rate as more stressful.

Gee ... hate on Sarah Palin all you want, but her lifestyle comes to mind. Would you give her a pass if she would have killed her children in a sociopathic fit of rage, precisely similar to this incident?

Of course not.

Secondly, pick a police officer with 3 autistic children. That's my neighbor. Or the guy across the street from me who runs several youth football leagues. Or another friend of mine who is in Iraq and leaves four children behind (while his wife remains to raise them).

It's amazing the weight that liberals apply to certain stressors when it excuses someone of a crime. Scratch that, that's not particularly amazing. What IS incredible is the blind way that any adversity the perpetuator faces is automatically valued as worse than any other.

I'm pretty sure that, should the story had been the same regarding any high stress situation, those of you defending the woman in question would have found an excuse all the same.

And, that is the problem.

In your minds, its okay to KILL A CHILD, just because that child is making life difficult ... perhaps even extraordinarily so. In my mind, that is NOT excusable, or okay.

Our differences in value systems are so clearly separated that, quite frankly, I see no point in discussing it further (hell, one person has already attempted to mischaracterize "sociopath" in order to fit his agenda). You can attempt justify the killing of two CHILDREN any way you'd like - I will not cease to see that as a fine example of intense depravity, brought on by a sickening need to understand the criminal despite the loss of the victim.

But let me play ball one last time: you want "two long term plausible lifestyles" that are more stressful. I could give 100. But "stressful" is a matter of opinion.

In any case, let me ask you one simple question: do you believe that, in the case of raising multiple autistic children, it is acceptable to KILL them once you find it to become too difficult?

OK, let me put it this way: If we find out they don't have autism or other developmental problems, and the mother knows it or should know it, then I'll join you in the condemnation. Right now, the best information is in the other direction, so we proceed on the assumption they are autistic.

Oh wait, you've already answered that.

Case closed.

Announcement: According to KS II, it's okay to kill your autistic children because it might be too difficult to raise them. Contact him for legal assistance.

PS: Does it even strike you how ridiculous that is?