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Contempt and scorn are appropriate feelings to have for murderers. I thought this article was interesting because the author had spent a lot of time watching R

Contempt and scorn are appropriate feelings to have for murderers. I thought this article was interesting because the author had spent a lot of time watching Reiser in court and might be speaking some truth about Reiser's personality. Is there anyone here that knew Reiser more intimately than this journalist, and could give us some feedback?

omouse 18y ago
"Contempt and scorn are appropriate feelings to have for murderers." Oh really? What about those trained to kill? Such as those in the military? This is a tangent, but I'm curious...
- bgutierrez 18y ago
  The definition of murder as "the unlawfully killing of a human with malice aforethought" is a good one that applies well to Hans Reiser and shows the importance of motivation in determining whether or not someone is a criminal. When soldiers are learning to kill an enemy that may not even exist, they have very different motivations when compared to someone that is planning to kill a personal enemy. I believe that both individuals and nations have the right of self-defense, so I don't hold contempt for anyone that is learning to kill in order to defend himself or the people he has a responsibility to defend.
  - omouse 18y ago
    Hmm. That is a good point.
    - bgutierrez 18y ago
      Thanks. Your question made me really think.
mroman 18y ago
I find the motivation behind his contempt and scorn to be not that of someone who despises a murderer, but that of someone who is envious of someone's superior intellect. Notice how he attempts to belittle Reiser, how he throws in the "genius" word . . . I have been the focus of that sort of envy before, and it is written ALL over that nitwit's piece. He's pathetic.
- prospero 18y ago
  Assuming some basic threshold of intelligence, it's much more important to most people how pleasant someone is to be around than how smart they are. If you do fit into this "antisocial genius" archetype (which you're tossing around every bit as loosely as the author of the article), chances are good that how people treat you has nothing to do with envy, and everything to do with how you treat them. Just saying, is all.
  - mroman 18y ago
    Interesting that you would state that I am "tossing around" an "'antisocial genius' archetype" "every bit as loosely as the author of the article" . . . first off, WHAT "'antisocial genius' archetype"? . . . (there someone goes again, playing armchair psych, which has been my point all along) second of all, just WHERE did you get this "'antisocial genius' archetype" from in my posts? Serious. Please quote me. Please. You make no sense whatsoever dude.
    - prospero 18y ago
      [The author is] someone who is envious of someone's superior intellect . . . I have been the focus of that sort of envy before As to the antisocial bit, I'm not going to quote your posts in their entirety, but that's a pretty big chip you've got on your shoulder, man.
      - mroman 18y ago
        Yeah ok man, I have a chip on my shoulder for stating what I perceive and asking that you quote me after you replied to my post as if it stated something that it simply did not state. Come on bud, get real.

omouse 18y ago

"Contempt and scorn are appropriate feelings to have for murderers." Oh really? What about those trained to kill? Such as those in the military? This is a tangent, but I'm curious...

bgutierrez 18y ago
The definition of murder as "the unlawfully killing of a human with malice aforethought" is a good one that applies well to Hans Reiser and shows the importance of motivation in determining whether or not someone is a criminal. When soldiers are learning to kill an enemy that may not even exist, they have very different motivations when compared to someone that is planning to kill a personal enemy. I believe that both individuals and nations have the right of self-defense, so I don't hold contempt for anyone that is learning to kill in order to defend himself or the people he has a responsibility to defend.
- omouse 18y ago
  Hmm. That is a good point.
  - bgutierrez 18y ago
    Thanks. Your question made me really think.

mroman 18y ago

I find the motivation behind his contempt and scorn to be not that of someone who despises a murderer, but that of someone who is envious of someone's superior intellect. Notice how he attempts to belittle Reiser, how he throws in the "genius" word . . . I have been the focus of that sort of envy before, and it is written ALL over that nitwit's piece. He's pathetic.

prospero 18y ago
Assuming some basic threshold of intelligence, it's much more important to most people how pleasant someone is to be around than how smart they are. If you do fit into this "antisocial genius" archetype (which you're tossing around every bit as loosely as the author of the article), chances are good that how people treat you has nothing to do with envy, and everything to do with how you treat them. Just saying, is all.
- mroman 18y ago
  Interesting that you would state that I am "tossing around" an "'antisocial genius' archetype" "every bit as loosely as the author of the article" . . . first off, WHAT "'antisocial genius' archetype"? . . . (there someone goes again, playing armchair psych, which has been my point all along) second of all, just WHERE did you get this "'antisocial genius' archetype" from in my posts? Serious. Please quote me. Please. You make no sense whatsoever dude.
  - prospero 18y ago
    [The author is] someone who is envious of someone's superior intellect . . . I have been the focus of that sort of envy before As to the antisocial bit, I'm not going to quote your posts in their entirety, but that's a pretty big chip you've got on your shoulder, man.
    - mroman 18y ago
      Yeah ok man, I have a chip on my shoulder for stating what I perceive and asking that you quote me after you replied to my post as if it stated something that it simply did not state. Come on bud, get real.