Reply #108: Agreed.

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And I also agree there was a lot more going on than what we might term psychopathy. But that was my point. There is almost always something more going on and there is almost always a means to express compassion before the fact, before it is too late.

Law and order and nothing else is the only answer in the rarest of cases. It is difficult to reconcile the contradiction in mandatory 5 to 20 terms for mere possession of pictures without any physical contact and at the same time have extreme compassion for someone who not only had physical contact but murdered like this.

Somewhere along the line justice got lost in politics and until contradictions like this get resolved, it will be difficult to respect compassion or the law in any form of holistic coherence.

I'm not implying she should be convicted of murder, or that abortion should be banned, but am only suggesting another look at selective, politically motivated compassion. Is that really compassion at all or is it merely a political agenda?