It certainly happens in Puccini's Tosca but that's
opera.
Susan
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kerry J.
Schooley Sent: October 23, 2007 11:59 AM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re:
Two buck books
At 05:00 PM 22/10/2007, you wrote:
>Kerry, there is no record of any dead person
ever
>killing anyone! THAT is success!
I suspect that's not true, murder often committed indirectly,
jobbed out so to speak, it must have happened at least once.
Certainly there must be some good noir tales in which the
person who lets the contract is killed or otherwise deadened
before the intended victim is dispatched, and the victim
dispatched nevertheless. Maybe the list can provide some
titles?
> The victims of murder
>are never the murdered dead. The murdered
dead,
>however horribly they've been killed, are dead.
The
>living victims of murder, every murder, are
the
>families of the murdered dead. You never feel
like
>you've done enough. You can never just lay down
the
>damned sword, because if you do they'll let
the
>bastard who killed your child out of prison. Do
a
>google search on Charles Sobhraj and see what you
see.
>How will you feel when a guy like that moves into
your
>town? Of course, it couldn't happen to you. No, not
to
>Kerry Schooley. "They'd" never let a guy like
that
>move near you. About as likely as winning the
lottery!
>Maybe we should give Charles Sobhraj a "fair
shake."
>Maybe he really did do the world a service. All
those
>"bad" kids he killed.
Good of you to help Patrick, but I'll make my own case from
here on in, thanks.
> Left up to me, I'd kill Sobhraj
>so fast his head would fall in the dirt. Will it
stop
>some other creep from killing travelers? I don't
know.
Maybe you should look into it. "Do as I say and not as I do,"
has never been a very strong argument to control behaviour.
As I understand it, there is statistical evidence that murder
rates actually drop in constituencies that put an end to
capital punishment. That would suggest a number of admittedly
anonymous people saved from experiencing the agonies of
victimization. I agree that the victims of crime deserve more
community support than the perpetrators, but I think it
really comes down to doing what appears to reduce the number
of victims versus enjoying the satisfaction of a quick kill.
I prefer to take the latter from a good book.
>But it sure as hell will bring an end to the
murderous
>career of Charles Sobhraj.
If empathizing with someone like an imprisoned Charles
Sobhraj makes it less likely other creeps will kill
travelers, I might pony up a good pout now and again.
No, not Kerry
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