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 Posted:   Nov 19, 2017 - 11:08 PM   
 By:   Jim Cleveland   (Member)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/charles-manson-dies-at-83/ar-BBFjAE6

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 4:43 AM   
 By:   Adam.   (Member)

Will he still have that swastika carved into his forehead when he meets his maker?

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 5:55 AM   
 By:   jenkwombat   (Member)

B.I.H., Chucky smile

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 1:23 PM   
 By:   WagnerAlmighty   (Member)

Bloodthirsty tidings, makes me ashamed to be American.

What he did was nearly fifty years ago and horrible. But that's what he did fifty years ago. What has he done since, forgetting the Bugliosi paranoia? He certainly hasn't hurt anyone here or their families.

I don't look down upon the bloodthirsty here in this country, I feel sorry for them. Because that kind of lust never ends, and is a toxic and loathsome vice.

He did bad things a long time ago, and he died of natural causes, without hurting me or any of you above. Is it such a great thing for you?

I doubt the majority of people are impressed with this.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 1:27 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

I hope he becomes Hitler's butt buddy in Hell.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 9:54 AM   
 By:   MRAUDIO   (Member)

I hope he becomes Hitler's butt buddy in Hell.

I agree. He was a piece of sh.t!:-(

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:14 AM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

Not sure I'd thank god (hallelujah) anyone is dead, unless it was the guy across the street with the loud harley bike and boom stereo car (and it would be the relief from aggravation, not pleasure in death). On the other hand, I wouldnt want the job serving lunch to murderers in prison like Charlie.
If he'd been given the death penalty back then, I wonder if his "legend" would have built up over time and become more influential. Keeping him alive has allowed him to make a fool of himself more and more, and one would hope this would dispel any belief that he is worthy of emulating. Then again, maybe normal people would always know this, and psychos would always be influenced by him no matter what, no matter when.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:21 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

Spared the gas chamber by the California Supreme court's decision to end capital punishment in that state. Forty-five years of taxpayer support. Periodic dramas in the media every time he came up for parole (12 times). The world is now a slightly better place.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:27 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

If he'd been given the death penalty back then, I wonder if his "legend" would have built up over time and become more influential.


First it was the "Sharon Tate murders," then the "Tate-LaBianca murders," now the "Manson Family murders." He, and the media fascination with him, succeeded in sublimating the victims and elevating himself.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:30 AM   
 By:   msmith   (Member)

Goodbye and good ridence.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:43 AM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

If he'd been given the death penalty back then, I wonder if his "legend" would have built up over time and become more influential.

It was certainly worth a shot.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:50 AM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

If he'd been given the death penalty back then, I wonder if his "legend" would have built up over time and become more influential.

First it was the "Sharon Tate murders," then the "Tate-LaBianca murders," now the "Manson Family murders." He, and the media fascination with him, succeeded in sublimating the victims and elevating himself.


So why are we talking about him now? Is it media fascination or lynch mob fascination?

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 10:57 AM   
 By:   WagnerAlmighty   (Member)

If he'd been given the death penalty back then, I wonder if his "legend" would have built up over time and become more influential.

First it was the "Sharon Tate murders," then the "Tate-LaBianca murders," now the "Manson Family murders." He, and the media fascination with him, succeeded in sublimating the victims and elevating himself.


So why are we talking about him now? Is it media fascination or lynch mob fascination?


It gives people a chance to show how bloodthirsty they are, and is a predominantly American lust. If someone is truly praising god in regard to someone's death they look pretty bad, religious or not. It's as if the person doesn't have much good in their lives to begin with.

He lived, he died. He had no impact on mine or I'd guess practically anyone else's life or family in direct terms. Why care at all.

But hey, no judgements. And that's my main point. We all have to die, regardless of deed or creed.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 11:02 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Yeah, I don't cheer anyone's death. Mourn and reflect perhaps, but not cheer.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 12:07 PM   
 By:   Advise & Consent   (Member)

is a predominantly American lust.

Facts and figures please, or if not a citation or two. Thanks.

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 12:55 PM   
 By:   Warlok   (Member)

No great loss.

Any feeling of remorse I have for being inclined to look very favourably upon this man's demise must be tempered by the deaths he caused and the ensuing misery therefrom.

Was never knowledgeable about this crime, but the more I discover about the whys behind it, the stronger the celebratory mood. No apologies.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 1:20 PM   
 By:   Thgil   (Member)

What he did was nearly fifty years ago and horrible. But that's what he did fifty years ago. What has he done since, forgetting the Bugliosi paranoia? He certainly hasn't hurt anyone here or their families.

I'm sure the fact that he and his "family" were apprehended put a damper on his ability to continue his cult and their killings. But what do I know?!

 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 1:39 PM   
 By:   pzfan   (Member)

50 years late.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 20, 2017 - 3:04 PM   
 By:   jenkwombat   (Member)

It gives people a chance to show how bloodthirsty they are...

Yeah, we're bloodthirsty. Not the guy who had his henchmen and women carve up a pregnant woman and others and write "Piggies" and "Helter Skelter" on the wall in their blood. It's us who have the problem.... roll eyes

 
 Posted:   Nov 21, 2017 - 12:06 AM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

You can't blame people for wanting to vent.
And I'm talking about normal people who manage to get through the day without butchering others.

Not to mention that this is a man who spent the last 50 years not showing one whit of remorse for what he did.
In fact, all of his reflections since then demonstrated the same casual contempt for both his victims and society in general.

If that makes him mentally ill, and therefore outside of any judgement we may confer upon him, then I think that the fact that the financial expense of letting him continue to live out his days in relative comfort was a burden that we all shouldered has to say something about our capacity for mercy.
But it doesn't mean that everyone had to like it.

 
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