Grouper
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I hadn’t noticed anyone salivating over the concept these two (who are not exactly boys) are the embodiment of True Evil.
However people do commit evil acts and later turn their life around. In Canada our criminal justice system is based on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment, much different than in the US.
But I think we’re forgetting there were three innocent strangers who needlessly had their lives taken from them and this isn’t just a missing persons story which resulted in suicide. My empathetic thoughts are with the families of the three victims, not with the accused who made the choice not to defend themselves.
Sad if you think prison in Canada, or anywhere, has anything to do with rehabilitation. It’s about containment. The illusion of a hardened criminal coming out “reformed” is created by those institutions. If anything, people who come out of the prison system are much worse off than when they came in.
My thoughts are with everyone involved in this case. I’m not discriminating against who deserves my empathy. No one came out of this alright.
Of course Lucas, Chynna, and Leonard were beautiful humans whose lives were cut short and it’s painful. It’s sad.
I’m here saying these things because people forget that the world isn’t cut into neat little pieces. We don’t fix criminal behaviour with incarceration. People do horrible things and can still be viewed with humanity and empathy. And no matter what you might believe, you just don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to this case.
None of us do.
Anyway, @MistyWaters, this will be my last response to you. I’m getting too aggravated by this discussion and again, don’t want to see this thread shut down.