Comments on: Should We Have Compassion for Killers?

By: Sahil

Sahil — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:22:14 +0000

This article reminded me about the story of Angulimala. Angulimala was a kind of hardcore serial killer in India when Buddha was alive. He used to hide in the jungle and kill a lot of people who were travelling through it. He made a garland of fingers ( from his dead victims ) and proudly wear it. Then one day he tried to kill Buddha who was passing through the jungle. However he was won over by Buddha’s compassion. After that Angulimala lived his life as a monk and became enlightened. He had become compassionate.Then one day , a couple of people spotted him and out of their anger, killed him. However Angulimala bore no hatred towards them.

This is wonderful example of how compassion can transform even a hardcore killer to a compassionate person.

By: ROD 092111 | next level performance

ROD 092111 | next level performance — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:45:26 +0000

[...] Learning this allowed me to finally make sense of how people can hurt each other so badly. The best explanation I had before this was that some people are just bad. What a cop-out. No matter what kind of behavior other people exhibit, they are acting in the most effective way they are capable of (at that moment) to fulfill a desire or to relieve their suffering. These are motives we can all understand; we only vary in method, and the methods each of us has at our disposal depend on our upbringing and our experiences in life, as well as our state of consciousness. Some methods are skillful and helpful to others, others are unskillful and destructive, and almost all destructive behavior is unconscious. So there is no good and evil, only smart and dumb (or wise and foolish.) Understanding this completely shook my long-held notions of morality and justice. [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:32:06 +0000

The mass media’s idea of justice is really vengeance, and that reminds me of an old saying who’s source is unknown to me….

Vengeance is like drinking poison and then waiting for the other person to die.
Jim´s last [type] ..permanent is an idea

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:22:45 +0000

What a fantastic post and bunch of comments – Compassion is where it’s at, and ultimately will determine the future of humanity.

HOWEVER
David alluded to but then succumbed to his own comfort zone when he said….
“I hope that isn’t the case. I would like to think we’ve reached a point in our evolution where not just individuals but governments are recognizing the profound potential for compassion to improve society.”
It’s highly unlikely that compassion was at work here…… the release actually stirred up a hornets nest of hate and added to the festering boil that is the demonisation of the muslim world.
It will be nigh-on impossible to prove, but if recent events surrounding the staged “death of Osama Bin Laden” http://joequinn.net/2011/05/08/osama-bin-ladens-nose-shoulders-and-left-ear/#more-71 are anything to go by, the deluded and deranged controllers of the world were at it again.
Jim´s last [type] ..permanent is an idea

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:13:29 +0000

People ranting and raving about the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi claiming that he’s evil etc bla bla bla have obviously not bothered to research the story.
These people must understand that you can’t base your opinions on the information fed to us via the mainstream media, most of what they tell us is false. They aren’t in place to inform us they are there to support the false reality that is desired by the globalist bankers/military industrial/ whatever ? Our Masters is probably a more apt description of these shadowy people who keep their identity a tightly hidden secret.
The cover story is he’s being released on compassionate grounds but in reality they KNOW that he’s an innocent patsy and shouldn’t have been convicted in the first place. The Lockerbie bombing was a False Flag Operation perpetrated by one or more of the global intelligence agencies. It was part of their plan to keep the world population in the state of fear and belongs in a category with 911, The Bali Bombings, London bombings, Port Arthur massacre, Oklahoma bombing etc etc. NONE of these events where perpetrated by the false boogy man Isamic terrorist guy. He DOESN’T EXIST!!
Look at the big picture my friends join up the dots and start thinking, most of all TURN OFF YOUR TV it’s their means of conditioning your mind to their false reality.

By: Matthew Foote

Matthew Foote — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:13:38 +0000

I not being a criminal type am pissed off at the system! You people are just wanting to make money off of the state and us taxpayers! People who take someones life, rape young or old, rob, or pull a gun on anyone, let alone kill someone, should pay the ultimate price!! I am tired of seeing these people of getting away with murder, rape,child molestation, and we taxupayers have to pay our hard earned money to pay their attorntey bills and more than $100.00 a day just to keep these worthless people in prison!! America it is time to get rid of the rif-raf. We should do like China does, if you commit a terrible crime and you are a violent person, you need to be put to sleep@!! Thank You for listening to my opinion, but America would be a better and safer place if we start putting our foot down and quit messing with these messed up people! If they take or really mess up somebody they need to pay the same price that they gave the person or family that, they have affected. I, including most of the USA are sick of all the prisons we build to take care lf these people that cannot enter society ever again, why waist time, if convicted they need too pay the ultimate price for what they have done to innocent people; I`f you kill, you die, if you rape you die, espesially children, you die, if you are illegal you get deported, this way we would not need prisons because we would put across the message that we are not going to put up with this shit anymore!!!! Thank You for reading my opinion, and hopefully it will open a few eyes!!!

By: G

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:46:31 +0000

Animals seek vengeance as well. It’s non-rational.

Animals and Revenge

(hope this link works!)
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By: David

David — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:15:16 +0000

I see where you’re coming from. It’s not quite what I’m arguing for though. From my viewpoint it isn’t even about mercy. I’m very wary of the word “deserve.” What does it even mean?

I just don’t think there is any defensible reason to indulge in vengeance, and I think that’s what our made-up concept of ‘justice’ is about.

By: andy@cheap air jordan

andy@cheap air jordan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:31:02 +0000

I think we should consider having mercy on people like them. They deserve to live and give them the freedom before they die. I think everybody can change and the change will come after someone realize the he have done wrong.

By: David

David — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:40:54 +0000

Hi Yalcin,

It definitely is a controversial issue, and most people disagree. I think the evildoer perspective is completely ridiculous and it’s time we looked deeper at the problem of crime. Everyone taking stands on crime and punishment should read about the Milgram and Standford prison experiments.