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Best part of the whole article: > The issue was "whether Hans would summon up the intestinal fortitude to do this - he did," Du Bois said. Seems to me that if
by Xichekolas 18y ago
Best part of the whole article:
> The issue was "whether Hans would summon up the intestinal fortitude to do this - he did," Du Bois said.
Seems to me that if you have the 'intestinal fortitude' to kill someone, you probably don't blink at the thought of showing off the dead body when you have so much to gain by doing so... but bonus points to the lawyer for almost making us think it was a tough decision by his poor client.
- izaidi 18y agoMurder is usually an act of weakness, not courage.
- helveticaman 18y agoPlease explain.
- izaidi 18y agoMurder happens when a person lacks the strength needed to resist their rage, and not because that person has the guts to carry out the morally reprehensible. People as bright as Reiser often have pretty persuasive demons.
- ConradHex 18y agoI remember reading that one thing that separates us from other primates is our (relative) mastery of our emotions.
- helveticaman 18y agoAll the morally reprehensible stuff I've done took more balls than just being passive.
- serhei 18y agoDostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment" offers an interesting exploration of this idea.
- ConradHex 18y agoMan, that was a painful book to read. I winced through the whole thing.
- ericb 18y agoI loved it. Was it painful because you didn't enjoy the writing, or because of the murder aspect?
- ConradHex 18y agoThe writing, and plot, was great. But it's not a happy book, is it?
- hernan7 18y agoI used to read Dostoevsky when I was younger; tried to re-read C&P recently and couldn't stand it. Too painful. So the moral would be: read Dostoevsky while you still have the intestinal fortitude of youth.