Compassion For The Victimizer -- Or The Victim? |
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| Media Link - Times-Journal (Fort Payne, Alabama) | ||||
| Friday, 01 June 2001 00:00 | ||||
Thirteen-year-old Victor Cordova, Jr., shot and killed a female classmate in New Mexico. He reportedly bragged about his intention to open fire at school the day before he did so. Already the media is trying to portray Cordova as a victim, rather than a victimizer. We're hearing about how he has to commute 33 miles to school per day; how he "suffers" from a violent temper; and how his mother died of cancer in February. I know plenty of people who make long commutes, and who "suffer" from temper problems. I even know some individuals who have lost loved ones to cancer. None of them are shooting up schools. How is this supposed to be an excuse? No doubt Cordova's lawyers and psychologists will attempt to have him tried as a child rather than an adult. They will try to tell us he's "depressed," and therefore less responsible for his vicious actions. Even if depression were an excuse for shooting up a school -- which it's not -- there's no basis for saying Cordova was depressed. Depressed people feel hopeless, listless and unmotivated to do anything. They're more like couch potatoes than killers. And they never brag or boast. This is supposed to be the age of compassion and sensitivity. In reality, just the opposite is true. Showing compassion for the violent and the evil is the most insensitive and unjust thing imaginable. Save your compassion for the girl Cordova shot -- and for her family. (Date of publication unknown).
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