04-04-2007, 01:44 AM
I wonder how the husband feels. He's taken an innocent life (on the count of rape at least.) How do you go from avenging your wife, to being fooled by your wife into taking another human life.
I'd be pissed!
This feels like one of those scenarios you have to go through in junior high school. You sit in a group, listen to a story, and decide who should have the most blame. In this case
1. The guy who fooled around with another man's wife
2. The guy who shot an innocent man because he thought he'd raped his wife.
3. The wife who cried "The wolf raped me!" to her gun-toting husband.
The theme of acting without thinking seems to run through all these aspects of the case. Certainly, the killer could've pursued another course of action than firing a lethal shot at a fleeing man. Also, the wife could've come up with a better line than "RAPE!!" when she was caught with another man; especially if she had knowledge that her husband was walking around with a firearm and was capable of taking another life.
So whose fault is it really?
I'd be pissed!
This feels like one of those scenarios you have to go through in junior high school. You sit in a group, listen to a story, and decide who should have the most blame. In this case
1. The guy who fooled around with another man's wife
2. The guy who shot an innocent man because he thought he'd raped his wife.
3. The wife who cried "The wolf raped me!" to her gun-toting husband.
The theme of acting without thinking seems to run through all these aspects of the case. Certainly, the killer could've pursued another course of action than firing a lethal shot at a fleeing man. Also, the wife could've come up with a better line than "RAPE!!" when she was caught with another man; especially if she had knowledge that her husband was walking around with a firearm and was capable of taking another life.
So whose fault is it really?
