John Hogan

[Pawsitive Thinking]

What are your thoughts?

I can't help but feel sorry for the man, I know what he did was too awful for words but.........


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...338895,00.html

[Grace]

They should have let him finish the job, thus saving a lot of time and money by eliminating a trial.

Harsh - yes. He wants to be dead - let him.

[lizbud]

They should have let him finish the job, thus saving a lot of time and money by eliminating a trial.

Harsh - yes. He wants to be dead - let him.

I felt the same way after reading the story. Just take him back to the
building and let him try it again. Sounds harsh,but hey, he didn't give his
children any choice, did he?

[dragonfly]

I'm not sure of the back story on this but it really sounds as if this man has some type of mental illness. I do think it's horrible that he jumped with his children but if there is a mental condition here he deserves to be treated and not allowed to harm himself. Being ill doesn't make someone less of a person.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I'm not sure of the back story on this but it really sounds as if this man has some type of mental illness. I do think it's horrible that he jumped with his children but if there is a mental condition here he deserves to be treated and not allowed to harm himself. Being ill doesn't make someone less of a person.

He has a history of depression, both his brothers committed suicide and his father died recently........


http://comment.independent.co.uk/com...cle1311228.ece

[mugsy]

I say let him kill himself if he's so intent on it. I know here in the U.S, that they can't execute a mentally ill person, so just do the world a favor...sorry, harsh as it might be, let him do it...he just wants attention anyway and he did murder his kid and tried to kill the other....sick #@$^@%#

[lady_zana]

I'm not sure of the back story on this but it really sounds as if this man has some type of mental illness. I do think it's horrible that he jumped with his children but if there is a mental condition here he deserves to be treated and not allowed to harm himself. Being ill doesn't make someone less of a person.

Well said, dragonfly!

I couldn't agree with you more. He needs help; what happened was horrible but people need to understand he is not a monster - much like Andrea Yates, he's a sick person who needs help. Condeming him as 'monster' will do no one any good and is nothing but harmful to all invovled.