I’m sure ‘DOG’ would approve of the murder of these two.

I feel sorry for the suffering that the little girl went through………… But, I hope these two miscreants die of grief, soon, when they realize what MORONS they are, and before they progress much longer into their depraved lives…….In Fact, an act of retribution, as in the machine-gunning of these bastards, would be an act of mercy for the entire populace in general.

Justice, don’t sweat it. Not like every entry or comment I make is 100% my best every time.

I was really making a half-hearted attempt to express an unsettled thought, and instead… Well, that was pretty shitty. Insomnia is bad and the story is so cold to me. I’m a tough audience these days.

Who said anything about excusing willful stupidity? Justice suggested these people may have let their child die out of convenience and that is what I was responding to. I don’t think these people honestly intended for their child to die.

That in no way excuses the stupidity of their actions and I’d be all too pleased if they had the book thrown at them for their willful ignorance.

As long as the sentence falls somewhere between murder and criminal negligence, not between criminal negligence and accident.  There’s no way I’m buying the “Oh we just didn’t believe in doctors” any more than I’d buy someone unplugging someone on life-support saying “How could we have known it would be fatal?”  There’s too much readily available knowledge out there that says otherwise.

I’m not making any judgment about whether or not they loved their daughter, but if at some point the idea that their actions might result in the death of their daughter never entered their minds, then that goes beyond and standard conception of stupidity.

Who said anything about excusing willful stupidity? Justice suggested these people may have let their child die out of convenience and that is what I was responding to. I don’t think these people honestly intended for their child to die.

That in no way excuses the stupidity of their actions and I’d be all too pleased if they had the book thrown at them for their willful ignorance.

I’ve not seen anything that suggests that these people didn’t love their child. As for the sentence, it varies depending on the trial in question.

Doesn’t excuse willful stupidity.  I’m not saying that they should be treated as murderers.  They obviously didn’t WANT their child to die, but neither should they just be treated as clueless idiots.  It takes a special kind of stupid to do what they did… or I should say: to NOT do what they didn’t do.

I like Last Hussar’s take on this (07/02/09). Remember what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah when the residents treated two strangers badly, not knowing that they represented God. Then, there’s Matt 25:35 – 40 “. . .Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Will these asshats say to God, “But we gave you what we thought was the best medicine, even though everyone around us tried to tell us that it was not.” Oh, to be a fly on the wall at that judgment! 

I’ve not seen anything that suggests that these people didn’t love their child. As for the sentence, it varies depending on the trial in question.

This one made me wonder if it really was stupidity or delusion and not simply convenience.

Does anyone know what kind of sentence these people get on average?