I know this is about Mike and it's a lovely tribute, but I had never heard of John Paul Penry so I looked up him and the case, and I'm totally convinced he was putting on an act and is not severely retarded at all. Sad he became a cause celebre for anti-dp activists. The young girl he raped and stabbed to death was not shown such mercy. I sincerely hope his Bible reading has led him to repentance.
“Nevertheless, in a man’s final act of despair, all who drove him to that end are implicated, whether by their speech or their failure to speak.” I can’t help but feel like this is a stretch. Of one doesn’t speak up the way you think they should they are complicit in a suicide? Perhaps I am not properly understanding this excerpt? Thanks for sharing!
In Mike's case he really was hounded/witch-hunted unjustly, and more people should have defended him. Even though he's ultimately to blame they created the unjust circumstances. (I believe that's true for Mike in a way it wasn't true for Jason Arday by the way, unless you make the argument that all the people who initially propped him up are implicated, which has some merit.)
Thanks for this. I miss him too.
I know this is about Mike and it's a lovely tribute, but I had never heard of John Paul Penry so I looked up him and the case, and I'm totally convinced he was putting on an act and is not severely retarded at all. Sad he became a cause celebre for anti-dp activists. The young girl he raped and stabbed to death was not shown such mercy. I sincerely hope his Bible reading has led him to repentance.
“Nevertheless, in a man’s final act of despair, all who drove him to that end are implicated, whether by their speech or their failure to speak.” I can’t help but feel like this is a stretch. Of one doesn’t speak up the way you think they should they are complicit in a suicide? Perhaps I am not properly understanding this excerpt? Thanks for sharing!
In Mike's case he really was hounded/witch-hunted unjustly, and more people should have defended him. Even though he's ultimately to blame they created the unjust circumstances. (I believe that's true for Mike in a way it wasn't true for Jason Arday by the way, unless you make the argument that all the people who initially propped him up are implicated, which has some merit.)