Reply #134: judge not lest ye be judged [View All]

[lastplace_winner]

I definitely don't agree with what she did but I do agree with defendandprotect on some level of trying to consider her state of mind. Though this is not some lifetime movie mystery case, we only know few details. So how can we judge accurately?

Her sister admitted that she thought someone was watching her. Who says mental illness was even a factor? Perhaps she did have a stalker or someone bent on revenge through mental manipulation? There are people (bullies) skilled at this.

I would like to ask. If evidence were to come out later that someone was in fact threatening her and the kids in some way where she could tell no one or suffer an even worse fate, would you have a different opinion? Have you seen the movie "SAW"?

Yes this is reallllly stretching it but as long as ONE possibility exists, I cannot judge this woman. Because I simply do NOT know what her state of mind was and what triggered the event. I haven't followed the case and I stopped reading the posts early on, so I don't know any updates on the story. For all I know some bully was threatening to torture her or chop her kids up or something. Who really knew her life?

My heart goes out to the kids. Whether mommy was mentally ill, being stalked, or just having a bad day, I wish someone could have stepped in and saved them. And for the one that escaped, I can only hope that the trauma won't be as deep as we know it will and that he will possibly even forgive his mother.

Oh also, not that it's an excuse, but consider the women whose abusive husbands tell them that they will kill them and rape the kids when she's dead. Some people don't have good judgement and think they are saving the children. They think that murder is better than abandonment... I guess that would tie in with mental illness though...??