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Gogirlgo
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 Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:26 Post subject: In one sentence, the problem
with taking a class like criminal law is that you have to read an awful lot of cases that deal with very disturbing subject matter and even if you normally have a pretty positive view of humankind you nevertheless cannot help but come away with the sense that there are a lot of truly f*cked up people out there!
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andydp
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:28 Post subject:
Work in a jail for seven years like I did...
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:29 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | | Work in a jail for seven years like I did... |
Yep, I guess that would do it. I don't think I would be able to handle that. How did you?
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elkid
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:38 Post subject: Re: In one sentence, the problem
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | you nevertheless cannot help but come away with the sense that there are a lot of truly f*cked up people out there! |
I'm shocked it took a class for you to know that. Just look around; it's easy to see.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:52 Post subject:
It's not hard to see there are weird people out there or somewhat troubled, but truly demented like the people in these cases is not that easy to see, for me.
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 16:57 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | | Work in a jail for seven years like I did... |
So you've got a lot of experience making license plates?
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robp
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 17:01 Post subject: Re: In one sentence, the problem
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | with taking a class like criminal law is that you have to read an awful lot of cases that deal with very disturbing subject matter and even if you normally have a pretty positive view of humankind you nevertheless cannot help but come away with the sense that there are a lot of truly f*cked up people out there! |
I tried to tell you that a couple of months ago when we were whizzing in each others cheerios about something.....
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 17:05 Post subject:
"The more people I meet, the more I love my dogs," Me.
You don't have to work in a jail, or read about it in a book. Just sit in any public place with a cup of coffee and watch. What you see will truly horrify you.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 17:14 Post subject:
I just can't understand, on a personal level, the mental state required to commit these horrific crimes. And frankly, I hope I never do.
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elkid
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 17:20 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | I just can't understand, on a personal level, the mental state required to commit these horrific crimes. And frankly, I hope I never do. |
Maybe this time next year it'll hit you.
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 17:58 Post subject:
What never ceases to astound me are the parents who continually send their 1st/2nd graders to school in weather-inappropriate clothing, no lunch/no lunch money, send them dirty and unwashed, etc, etc.
I would go without food if it meant the difference of my kid having a coat or not.
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 18:01 Post subject:
| marathonrnr262 wrote: | "The more people I meet, the more I love my dogs," Me.
Sheldon |
people truly suck.
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 18:28 Post subject:
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people truly suck. |
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Posted: 12/07/04 - 18:35 Post subject:
I hear you, Go. This semester (Legal Research), I've come across some pretty awful cases. It's hard to get through them sometimes.
It really enforces that I don't want to be in that area of law. I just don't think I could deal with this stuff on a daily basis.
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Posted: 12/08/04 - 01:25 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | I just can't understand, on a personal level, the mental state required to commit these horrific crimes. And frankly, I hope I never do. |
You won't want to work in state hospital then either.  Saw and heard some pretty scary stuff there, and the last time I did inpatient too. What some people are capable of doing to their own children would make you want to 
But it does give you real perspective on your own small piece of the world, no? I know it always did for me.
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