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So you aided and abetted a possible homicide?
Hello, is there a statue of limitations on aiding and abetting a possible homicide by helping bury the body? Can someone look into this and get back to me? I'll have to say, I read this book all the way through in a couple nights, because I come from a similar dysfunctional family, and just like my tendency to be drawn to messed up people and Jerry Springer episodes, I couldn't pull myself away. Let me just say, I'm not entirely convinced the author is morally enlightened here, and I'll explain. It seems the only reason he has lived the straight and narrow since his childhood is fear. He fears winding up like his father. I'm sorry, but that's insufficient for me. You should be motivated by not wanting to hurt people and being remorseful about hurting people in the past. He has yet to show any remorse for any of the victims of his pranks as a child, some extremely dangerous and potentially deadly. The drunk victims of all his cherry bombs he put next to their bodies? They could have lost fingers or eyes. The victim of the two cars wrecked by him launching a truck tire down a hill? Nothing. Sure, he feels bad about locking his mother out of the house after she returned from the hospital, but he spends a sentence on it. He spends more time regaling on his childhood exploits, as if proud of them. I was waiting for the huge mea cupla moment where he reflects on his childhood and shows real remorse for all the horrible things he did, but crickets. He doesn't sound like he's taken any responsibility for his actions as a child, and even as an adult. Any remorse for helping your father bury a dead body of a possible homicide? Any wondering about if the person is a woman or pregnant or if their family is wondering what happened to them? Nothing? Crickets? I know morally ambiguous, untrusty narration is like a cool thing these days, but this is ridiculous. Seriously, someone find out if the statute of limitations expires on aiding and abetting a possible homicide and get back to me on that.
September 2019 · Kindle Store · verified purchase