06-15-2016, 07:04 PM
(06-15-2016, 05:20 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: No. She shoulders the burden and is culpable. I'm just saying i agree with bfine's point about her being scared. That doesn't absolve her of blame. Maybe...maybe a little mitigating, but still responsible.
I just disagreed with brainiac's total dismissal of the point.
I agree with bfine on this as well. It's almost unheard of for an abuser to beat his first wife but never touch the second. It's also very common for DV victims to protect their abuser in a multitude of ways. Please note that the following statement is in no way victim blaming, but it's a real shame the first wife didn't file charges against this guy instead of just getting the hell out of there. I understand why she did it, but if this guy had a DV conviction he wouldn't have been able to0 work for a security firm, wouldn't have a firearms license and wouldn't have been able to purchase the gun he used in this massacre.
Notice I say massacre because that's what it was and words mean something. It wasn't a, "unfortunate event in which a disgruntled person of deeply held religious beliefs used a device to propel projectiles at significant speeds into the corporeal forms of several individuals causing significant physical discomfort in some and preventing the forms of others from being able to sustain life functions." No, that wasn't directed at you rfaulk, just a point I made earlier in the thread which seems to confuse some people here.
