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I just have to write something about the cold-blooded killing of 10
people in that bank robbery in Cabuyao recently.
What bothered me was not the bank heist. That
happens all the time. There will always be those who need to have
easy money and decide to take it come what may. What is most
troubling is that there are among us, men who can kill not one but
ten humans at one time, execution style. No doubt, they wanted to
rid themselves of all witnesses and they did so without hesitation.
These killers are what psychologists call
sociopaths. The sociopath has no conscience. He is scary because he
is capable of doing the most reprehensible act and not feeling any
remorse about it. He can rip the legs off a little kitten and not be
bothered by it. He can step all over the rights of others and never
feel even the slightest bit of remorse. And, yes, he is capable of
killing in cold blood innocent people he does not even know and who
have done him no wrong. Perhaps, like those in the bank, they were
unfortunately in the way of getting what he wants and he kills them
in cold blood.
Clearly, the killers were sociopaths. Otherwise,
they could not have done what they did. They would not have the
insensitivity, the hard-heartedness to kill innocents in such a
massacre.
Sociopaths are not born that way. They are made
over the years. They usually begin early in life by breaking rules
and violating the rights of others and getting away with it. They
fail to be disciplined by their parents and caregivers. They grow up
getting into trouble in school and with their peers. They have a
sense of entitlement and feel the world owes them. They are very
effective liars and, when they do lie, it doesn’t bother them one
bit. Though they know the difference between right and wrong, they
choose to bury their conscience and totally disregard it. As they
get older, their misbehaviors become more serious and soon they get
involved in petty crimes. Later, their criminal behavior can end up
in mass murder like what happened in the Cabuyao bank robbery.
It is a fact that a very high percentage of men
and women in prisons are sociopaths. It is also clear to me that the
rehabilitation of sociopaths is very difficult.
When the cops catch these mass murderers, they
should be executed. Even if the death penalty is not applicable
anymore, an exception should be made for these killers. They don’t
deserve to live among us … even in our prisons.
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