manson testimony

Anyone here read his 1970 trial testimony. I think he is clearly crazy, talking about beating someone’s brain in with a microphone as he did, is not a good thing to do, and his actions are clearly of a person who is insane. What he did should not be excused. But interestingly the more I read the testimony, some of the statements he makes are accurate and true.



He talks about how the “Family” was made up of kids who were lost and that Nixon should have been helping those kids instead of sending them off to war. This is an accurate statement.



He talks about how the people who are prosecuting the case are as much responsible for the Vietnam war as he is for murdering people. Which is true.



He talks about how the kids didn’t learn to be violent from him, that it was parents and society who taught them.



His statement that the truth is in the music, and that those who are in the system are too dumb to hear and see it. This is accurate



While Manson’s actions are deplorable and are deserve condemnation, its scary how right he was in terms of his view of kids and war and violence.



What gets me so angry about iraq, is the fact that people like Manson, and the Symbionese Liberation army, Weathermen, and others will spring up. Its only a matter of time. A society that believes violence is okay, it only breeds more violence.

Why don’t people understand that.



This is what is surprising to me about the current war. The public has turned against it, it is even more unpopular than Vietnam ever was, according to gallup and other polls.

A majority of Americans support impeachment.



Yet their isn’t a subculture of kids who feel disenfranchised. It doesn’t make sense.



My assertion is that the manson killing would not have occurred had Vietnam not been going on. It was a direct correlation. I don’t think it was a good thing, but it makes sense that violence breeds violence. Manson, and his followers stated that the reason they did what they did was because of violence and Vietnam

When will the 50 year olds sending 21 year olds to die in iraq realize that this breeds violence.

 

they wont... they are at a different point in their lives, the same way their parents were in and the 60's, you can only judge life the way u LIVE it. Manson was a psycho... are you completely sure you want to go ahead and base your judgement with that "kind of sanity".

 

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