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Varathien t1_j92cau7 wrote

Victor Frankenstein is guilty, but not of murder.

Consider this more mundane situation. A woman wants to have a baby, so she gets pregnant, gives birth... and then finds that she's not very interested in being a mother. She treats the kid like crap. After 18 years of her shitty parenting, the kid goes up... to be a serial killer.

Is the mother responsible for all the murders? Obviously not. Only the murderer is the murderer. But had she abused or neglected the child who grew up to be the serial killer? Absolutely.

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siuknowwhatImean OP t1_j93rkqg wrote

Thing is, I didn’t treat my monster like crap, society does. The only thing you could argue I did do is let him escape to society in a vulnerable state

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Varathien t1_j93tg7i wrote

If a parent lets his toddler wander off and then takes virtually no efforts to find the toddler, wouldn't that parent be charged with child abuse or neglect?

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siuknowwhatImean OP t1_j93tozb wrote

How would “virtually no efforts” hold up in court? Nobody knows that I was glad the monster was out of my sight 😈😈

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