darwin
2008-05-25 00:23:21
Also, there seem to be a lot of comments along the following lines :
She engaged other people in her criminal enterprise with a directed goal of causing this girl to commit suicide.
No. There is no reason to believe that Lori Drew or anyone involved in the conspiracy had a specific goal of causing Meier to commit suicide. There is some evidence that they had a specific goal of “messing” with her, “messing” with her is a different goal than causing her to commit suicide. The fact that the poor girl happened to respond by committing suicide does not retroactively make that suicide the goal of the conspiracy.
I am frankly terrified that many of my fellow citizens apparently do not see this key distinction, or are choosing to ignore it.
=darwin
