Am I the only one who feels sorry for Adam Lanza?
His father (now) wishes he had never been born. Twenty other fathers might wish that too. That doesn't change anything. It's just pointless wishing.
It was an awful, awful thing Adam Lanza did that day. No doubt about that. But, his mother didn't know he was going to do that, nor did his father. There was no warning, no threat that he would kill his mom, 20 little children and six adults. No reason, prior to that, for his father to wish him dead?
Obviously Adam Lanza was mentally ill. No one knew that it would lead to the Sandy Hook tragedy. He didn't threaten to murder children or his mom or anyone, that I read. His mom seemed to have no fear of him having access to her weapons. I don't think that was a good call with an emotionally disturbed young man in the house or even normal teenagers but, evidently she had no reason to believe her son would do what he did. Teens live in the moment though. They all too often die there, as well. Bad grades...lost love...lock up your guns folks. Your Second Amendment 'rights' lead to a lot of children's wrongs.
You look at photos of this kid with the medieval haircut and the extra large, doe-like eyes and you would never suspect he'd be a mass murderer. He looks like the victim. He doesn't look like someone to hate.
Sheesh- there's plenty of people to hate in this world. Some haven't killed at all but talk about it all the time and for 'reasons' no 'better' than Adam Lanza's. These people are assholes and it's probably more readily apparent that they are mentally ill than Lanza was. You look at the blowhards on Topix and elsewhere- everywhere- on the internet, and you can't help but know that something will happen someday and their real life family/neighbors will say: "Oh yes, we all knew he would do this...."
After-the-fact, everybody knows. This kid was in horrible mental hell the depth of which, no one knew at the time. Now some people know. Others just hate. And his father wishes he had never been born. The sad lives of others, ya know? No, you don't know until it happens.
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Bravo, ferrerman. How sad when his own father says that. he was sick. Pops should look into his own actions regarding son, plus that of the mental health community.
Thank you, thingy. Just one glance at that kid and people should know. His father should have known.
byline: Deer Whisperer/Luke
I feel sorry for the parents, well now more so for the surviving father and his surviving son.
It's an anguished dad, and before that awful day there were two anguished parents, whose contact with each other was often by emails about Adam, which were made available for this linked interview.
I heard much of it today about the frustration of the parents with Adam falling deeper into his hell, and at wits end to do anything about it before Adam turned 18 with ostensibly more freedom and less parental control. Adam shut out his dad, brother, and then his mom. And it does seem that mental health specialists dropped the ball somehow.
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/13/289815818/6-interviews-1-reckoning-sandy-hook-killers-dad-breaks-silence
Interview highlights, but also a transcript button, or listen.
You folks are intelligent. I believe you can separate the nuggets from the chaff in this third party interview.
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