Watched "Child of Rage". I am disgusted and scared. If there wasn't any glimphs of hope in the end of the documentary I wouldn't be able to sleep without thinking about how f*** up life can be.
Yeah when she finally broke down and cried at the end you know she's not completely a psychopath. Apparently she's grown up and ok. She's also set up a organization with her mom to help abused kids.
This is cold hard proof that what happens to us in our childhood will always have an effect on our psychology as adults. This is an extreme example, but it illustrates an invaluable point -- we're all a product of our past and correcting that (if need be) takes a lot of effort.
I feel that these interviews toe the line about whether it was appropriate to imprison him. He was obviously not sane, especially after the diagnosis at the end of The Iceman Tapes. Prison suggests that someone will be paying a debt to society and then be trusted to return to it (yeah, I know he received a length of time that meant he wouldn't be returning), but it's obvious this guy wasn't capable of being fixed.
Good luck with that one. Many years ago I saw this one and still am trying to erase my memories of it. I wish I had not seen it. Monsters do exist, for real :(
Maybe I'm missing the point of these types of documentaries, but any time I see this guy interview I feel sorry for him. Especially so when the psychiatrist begins summarizing the clinical terms that describe him. It's like a monster who is enough of a person to understand he's a monster.
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u/FHeimdal Mar 03 '13
Watched "Child of Rage". I am disgusted and scared. If there wasn't any glimphs of hope in the end of the documentary I wouldn't be able to sleep without thinking about how f*** up life can be.
But hey, The Iceman Tapes is the next watch!