Comments on: Andrea Yates Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity

By: Just words

Just words — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Guilty by reasons of insanity. There is nothing guiltless about what she did. She did it, plain and simple, she is guilty.

Why she did it is different than if she did it.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

No, your racist for arogantly thinking that blacks can’t make it without your help.

I realize you have nothing to justify that statement, but…

Can you post a link that justifies your accusation? Thanks!

By: caseydk

caseydk — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Didn’t she call 911 immediately afterwards… after she drowned them each one by one? She knew what she had done and was very deliberate about the whole process.

I have zero sympathy for her… of course, if she had just done this when they were born, she’d be considered “liberated”.

By: The_Whistler_ofnd

The_Whistler_ofnd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Make that “you’re”.

By: MikeAdamson

MikeAdamson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The fact that she’s off her rocker doesn’t change the fact that she is responsible for systematically drowning all five of her children in a bath tub.

I hate to quibble over such a tragic story but being off her rocker does mean she’s not responsible. One can argue whether she was truly insane at the time but if she was then how can she be considered responsible?

By: The_Whistler_ofnd

The_Whistler_ofnd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just lumping you in with the liberal/Democrats.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In his book The Untamed Tongue, Thomas Szasz wrote, ‘What people nowadays call mental illness, especially in a legal context, is not a fact, but a strategy; not a condition, but a policy; in short, it is not a disease that the alleged patient has, but a decision which those who call him mentally ill make about how to act toward him.’

Citing Szasz on psychology is like citing Bruckheimer on film.

By: Puzzlefeet

Puzzlefeet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Obviously Whistler, you must have been there in the court room and heard all the testimony and read all the psych reports and saw all the evidence. Again, what are all the elements of murder that must be proven by the state?

By: TwoHotel9

TwoHotel9 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

She is not crazy. She tried to hide what she had done, therefore she knew it was wrong, therefore she is not crazy. In less than 5 years she will be in the street, popping out another batch of kids to murder. Exactly how the hell is this justice for those murdered children?

By: Puzzlefeet

Puzzlefeet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Look up the definition of murder for which she was charged. yes she did it but wasn’t sane at the time. There is more than one element of proof for murder, the actual killing is just one. Thank god, the insanity defense is hard to prove and is rarely sucessful.