Responsible?
Appearing in his own defence before a sentencing circle, Christopher Pauchay, a miserably failed father of two defenceless infants whom he led to their death, allowed that "I feel so bad". Truly, what a declaration.
He, at least, can still feel, his two daughters will never again be capable of feeling what they did when he led them outdoors on a freezing night clad in diapers and shirts and left them to freeze to death.
He was drunk. Drunks are not held accountable for the dread things they do while incapable of thinking adequately and behaving intelligently. His children were sacrificed to his stupid vice.
Actually, his ego, since when people are so involved with themselves that their only thoughts are to lose themselves in alcohol, removing themselves from responsibility to those dependent upon them, they abandon utterly and deliberately abandon the needs of others.
His relatives and his tribe are prepared to forgive him. As well they might, since drunken stupors and children left to fend for themselves are common occurrences. It isn't that his family doesn't care that the little girls died. They most certainly grieve their deaths.
It is as though they feel helpless, in the throes of an overwhelming need they cannot control. And, on the evidence, this is more than likely a fact of their unfortunate lives. There is an inherited chemistry that renders them susceptible to alcohol addiction. Allied with the hopelessness of unfulfilled lives they are self-victimized.
Christopher Pauchay's assertion that he worried about the welfare of his children rings hollow. Obviously not sufficiently concerned that he would discipline himself to adequately look to their welfare. His statement that he 'feels responsible' is a gross understatement of reality. He failed his children by declining responsibility for them.
He will never rise to become the human being he had the potential to be. That's at least as large a tragedy as his unwitting sacrifice of his children's lives.
He, at least, can still feel, his two daughters will never again be capable of feeling what they did when he led them outdoors on a freezing night clad in diapers and shirts and left them to freeze to death.
He was drunk. Drunks are not held accountable for the dread things they do while incapable of thinking adequately and behaving intelligently. His children were sacrificed to his stupid vice.
Actually, his ego, since when people are so involved with themselves that their only thoughts are to lose themselves in alcohol, removing themselves from responsibility to those dependent upon them, they abandon utterly and deliberately abandon the needs of others.
His relatives and his tribe are prepared to forgive him. As well they might, since drunken stupors and children left to fend for themselves are common occurrences. It isn't that his family doesn't care that the little girls died. They most certainly grieve their deaths.
It is as though they feel helpless, in the throes of an overwhelming need they cannot control. And, on the evidence, this is more than likely a fact of their unfortunate lives. There is an inherited chemistry that renders them susceptible to alcohol addiction. Allied with the hopelessness of unfulfilled lives they are self-victimized.
Christopher Pauchay's assertion that he worried about the welfare of his children rings hollow. Obviously not sufficiently concerned that he would discipline himself to adequately look to their welfare. His statement that he 'feels responsible' is a gross understatement of reality. He failed his children by declining responsibility for them.
He will never rise to become the human being he had the potential to be. That's at least as large a tragedy as his unwitting sacrifice of his children's lives.
Labels: societal failures
posted by Pieface @ 7:18 PM
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