Is it normal that i feel sad towards two murderers?

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Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. I know they were the murderers of 2-year-old James Bulger (so I should actually despise them and want their blood spilt) but I can't help but feel sad for them. Why? Because they were just kids themselves when they killed him (10 years old). I don't condone or even like murder but at the same time, you have to admit that something really bad must've happened to these boys that would compel them to beat and kill a toddler. Maybe Jon and Robert were even suffering from a mental condition. Even what what happened to Bulger was horrible and tragic, the truth is, I'd actually feel more sad for these two than I do for James. Things are hardly ever truly black and white. Jon and Robert committing murder as children is one of those examples.

I just feel like these two (as well as other child murderers) don't deserve so much hate and condemnation. It's crazy, but part of me even wants to befriend Jon and Robert. Let them know it's okay and no one will hurt them anymore. I just want them to know that they can trust me and I would always be there for them as a friend.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    Venables has since been found guilty of child porn offences: maybe you could divert your misplaces sympathy for him and the other murderer (who at least expressed some contrition) and divert it to the family of the murdered boy and to children victimised by adults in the porn industry.

    There's something seriously wrong with your priorities if you want to befriend such people

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  • Aries
    8 years ago

    My childhood was hell on earth , a prison of abuse , neglect and abandonment . My environments were those of hatred and violence . It helped shape who I was , who is a part of me but it doesn't dictate my freedom as a human and it sure never made me consider murdering a young boy . I may not have been a saint and I regret a lot of behaviour and actions in my past and probably some in the present and future but there is no excuse for what those two did , I know all about the case . It's a shame they were raised how they were but it's no reason or right to go and dump that suffering onto others . If you listen to nothing I have said , listen to this . No matter what those boys endured in their child hood , they still have their lives ..... can Jamie bulgar say the same?

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Don't you think that if a child can commit murder, especially on as heinous as this one, that there is some basic human factor missing in them?
    Do you honestly feel that they can 'be fixed'? That they could ever be released into society without worrying that they would repeat their crime?

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    • Ellenna
      8 years ago

      They were released and see below for what one of them got up to after his release

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