lolgaxe wrote:
He wasn't just in the room, he was in the bed with the daughter.
Only thing noteworthy here is this paper even entertaining the idea that charges might be filed.
That even proves the point. I would imagine a 16 year old girl getting raped in her bedroom at night, while the entire family is there, would be beyond distraught. That feeling is something that the father would know before entering the room given that the sibling heard sounds. He wouldn't have to ask her if she knows him.
Spoonless wrote:
While a sad circumstance all around, I can understand the father's actions. His daughter denied knowing the guy, and the guy "reached for something". If there's some guy in bed with his daughter and she says she doesn't know him, he's going to think she didn't want him there. If the guy then reaches for something, the father is going to think that he's grabbing for whatever weapon the guy was just using to rape his daughter.
Edited, Mar 15th 2014 10:34am by Spoonless
Read above. There is no understanding of that man. Nothing presented supports the notion that this was a random guy raping his daughter as opposed to a child getting caught sneaking someone over. If this 17 year old was randomly raping 16 year girls in their bedroom at night while everyone is at home, he would have had his weapon from the start. He wouldn't get in a discussion with the guy first then go reach for a weapon.
It's blatantly obvious that the father just wanted to kill the boy for touching his daughter. A feeling that all fathers have, but shouldn't be ignorantly acted upon.
Jophiel wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
You can't just go around creating lies and acting upon them.
He didn't create a lie. He was
told a lie and acted on what he thought was accurate information.
He was told a lie. He evaluated the lie. He concluded that 'twas a lie. He then LIED to himself and said 'twas true and acted upon the lie. In other words, he told himself that the daughter's lie was true. He then created a false scenario where he felt threatened.