Comments on: A Different Perspective

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:18:43 +0000

I agree with Aaron. I worry about the victim

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 28 May 2005 11:04:43 +0000

Interesting post. I’ve never thought of situations like that before, I’m usually the one worrying about the victim.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 26 May 2005 04:40:17 +0000

Very good post. There are complete assholes in this world who don’t care about anyone but themselves and there are also people in this world who are very very good, yet make 1 mistake that ultimately costs them alot in terms of emotional scarring, physical scarring, mental scarring, and more.

Its very hard for one to look past their emotions in a situation concerning a loved one and try to think of it at a different angle. Obviously different circumstances call for different emotions, like the case of a guy brutally raping a 3 year old. Erik and I both cannot ‘see it from the other angle’ as there really is no other angle.

It would be nice if everyone in the world thought like this post describes, but unfortuntely, that is a pipe dream.

Good post Erik.

By: beto

beto — Wed, 25 May 2005 21:03:50 +0000

It just occurred to me that, if people drove their thoughts and actions by the line of thinking you describe here, wars would never come to be.

That should be one of the greatest assets to consider on future candidates to American presidency…

By: Chris J. Davis

Chris J. Davis — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:46:06 +0000

One of the fundamental components of grief, sadness and shock is that they blind us to everyone who is outside the circle of that grief, sadness or shock.

In that moment the other person ceases to be a person, and becomes a faceless thing, and agent of change or destruction that is the enemy.

The challenge we all face in our daily lives is not letting that happen, to push through the pain and outrage and see the face of those around us.

By: Rob Mientjes

Rob Mientjes — Wed, 25 May 2005 16:38:03 +0000

Mike, that’s a good point. People don’t have to be bad people. They are probably just as confused, much like the woman who committed the crime, but if they need more time than we the society can give her, then things might go wrong. Dealing with confusion is hard, not only for the victims, but also for the felon.

Good post Erik. Very true and very painful in a sense.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 May 2005 14:35:32 +0000

Kris - I agree with you completely. Good people sometimes do terrible things not out of spite or viciousness, but just from a lack of judgment. My little league coach, Ted Moore, was hit and killed by a drunk driver early in the morning about 9 years ago. The woman who committed the terrible crime has never apologized or admitted guilt for what she did, and because of this, my good friend Derrick Moore (Ted's son) has never forgiven her. In a parallel universe, if the woman who killed him had sobbed for days about what happened and repeatedly tried to apologize to Derrick for what happened, he would be more at peace with what event. So what does this tell us? It says that good people doing terrible, terrible things may still be good people on the inside, but need to find the path again. The tough part is getting back on the train once you've fallen off.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 25 May 2005 13:56:41 +0000

cool post E. not sure my thoughts are related… but for what its worth. melissa was watching oz the other night and came to me and said… in jail, there are some bad people who do bad things, and there are some good people who do bad things, but there is this other class of people who are regular people who just screwup and get lost on the path.… and those are people we should focus some special attention on. anyway…