jon5000
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Joined: 29/3/2007 From: LA
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ORIGINAL: jon5000 Just seen the pictures of him in Court. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18957991 Is it just me or does he absolutely not have the face of a killer? He just looks so harmless and passive. Aside from the hair. I actually find myself feeling a bit sorry for him in that picture, given that he'll likely face the death penalty. I know that doesn't excuse what he's done... but it just makes me feel a bit odd about it all. Normally I see pictures of these people and they look like remorseless psychopaths. He just looks mixed up. Like he needs help. I was listening to a podcast from 'This American Life' where they interviewed a criminal psychologist and he mentioned that the smartest psychotics are the ones that can act out emotions - they may not feel them but they understand how one would look or act if they were felt, and so can mimic the emotion. I am not saying that is what is happening here, but it is certainly food for thought. It's hard to know what is going on in any one's head, let alone a person capable of such slaughter. We know he is intelligent, what with his studies and the planning of his actions, so it wouldn't be a stretch to suggest he might be capable of acting remorseful regardless of his feelings. Tears of a crocodile and all that... I'm sure there's a lot of truth in that. The mask of sanity and such. I think I've had quite a sheltered existence to be honest in that I've never come across anyone that manipulative in my life. I've never really understood the concept of evil as being that black and white either. So for somebody to appear to outwardly 'non psycho' looking to me in pictures at least (I mean this is personal obviously, most of you probably think he looks evil) contrasted against the horrifying reality of what they've done, I just find a really unsettling truth. I just wondered if anyone else felt the same... obviously not! Just shows you how evil can permeate through all walks of life I guess. All faces.
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