Posted by Gracie2 on March 12, 2002, at 18:46:25
In reply to Re: Andrea knew what she was doing, posted by trouble on March 10, 2002, at 14:04:28
One of the reasons I believe Andrea Yates is not insane, not possessed by devils or what have you, is because her husband seems to be such a normal, stand-up guy. It's simply not possible to be a brownie-baking, den-mother, baseball-mom type until your husband walks out the door for work, then turn into a head-spinning monster on a child-killing mission.
If Andrea had truely deteriorated to the point where she was talking to devils, would her husband have really left her alone with their precious children? Would you?
Her defense counsel had no recourse except to claim insanity, which has a poor track record with juries (and didn't work for Andrea, either).
Sometimes it's hard to accept that a person who ISN'T insane could be capable of such an evil act.
I've got one word for you, there: Osama. That subhuman is crazy as a fox.
An interesting note: my father, who is an architectural engineer, helped to design and build the World Trade Towers. He told me that the towers were built to withstand the impact of an airplane. Somehow Bin Laden was aware of this, which is why the airplanes he targeted for hi-jack were fully loaded with fuel for a cross-country flight. As most of us are now aware, the towers did withstand the impact, as they were designed to do. They collapsed because they melted, as planned by Bin Laden.
It is a sad and terrifying fact that such an unspeakably cruel and vicious act can be planned and carried out by people who are, in fact, sane.
This is not to say that the US attack and the drowning - no, the MURDER - of the Yates children were comparable in any way except that the people responsible for both actions were legally sane.
-Gracie
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