Reply #37: Born over a decade after the event

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I agree with you that it was an absolutely chilling and frightening series of events that took place on that night and that Manson and his agents were people who engaged in unspeakable evil. The loss of life and the impact on the family of the victims left behind is equally horrific. From the limited reading I have done about the series of murders, I can remember feeling a deep sense of empathy and sorrow for Sharon Tate and her friends and for the lives cut short.

Manson and his followers were a bunch of hateful, deluded and evil individuals IMO. Their cultish role playing, their callous disregard for human life and their desire to start a racial war made them very dangerous people and I think the murders may have been only a foretaste of what these people were capable of. What is scary is the extent to which Manson’s followers were slavishly devoted to him and willing to do whatever he wanted and whatever it took to achieve his goals. Although I don’t think the fact that they were slavishly devoted to Manson excuses the hideous and vile actions of the perpetrators on that night

If I remember accurately, it was Manson’s followers who subsequently tried to assassinate President Ford as well wasn’t it?

I think Manson and his bunch of supporters involved in the events of that night are fine where they are at the moment –personally I think that it would be ludicrous to even think of paroling these people, but then again that’s just my opinion

Actually I can relate to your fascination with this case –there are true crime events on a much lesser scale which have been the focus of my interest and fascination over the past years. I think for me my interest is motivated by deep empathy, sadness and sorrow I feel for the victims and the wish that I could have helped them in some way