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In reply to the discussion: Should Andrea Yates be allowed to go to church once a week? [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)31. "She was made insane by the patriarchal fundamentalism"? WTF?!!!
Nobody put a gun to her head and told her to drown all five of her kids.
At what point does someone take responsibility for killing her own kids?
Blaming her husband is a whole new low. She killed her kids, he didn't put a gun to her head.
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Yes, all of her delusions, leading to murder, were based on extreme religious views.
MoonRiver
Apr 2012
#2
I would be OK with that as long as there are some conditions. She should be monitored and
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#18
I know about her case. It happened while I was in college. We studied it.
YellowRubberDuckie
Apr 2012
#40
as long as all the others mentally ill killers are allowed to attend the weekly event of their
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2012
#24
She should get life imprisonment in the deepest hole under the ground, no parole, no sunlight. Ever.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#26
It is possible to make insane people worse by ignoring the problem...
YellowRubberDuckie
Apr 2012
#30
I do understand the mentality behind finding the nearest MALE to turn into a scapegoat
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#46