You'd be amazed at how many people would make excuses for the jerk's behavior.
Just take a look at a lot of the comments at the end of the article. If the poor woman had been healthy, people wouldn't be making excuses for the lout's actions.
But he had other options besides murder:
This is not a story about the country’s healthcare crisis. It is about a man who murdered his wife because she got too expensive and became too much of a burden to him. Like millions of others, he could have declared bankruptcy; he could have become an advocate of universal single payer healthcare; he could have taken their story to the legislature. He had options.
They were not without resources. The online Kansas City Star is covering the murder. The reader comments under the articles describe where they lived as “affluent”. Stanley was an accountant for Nelson-Atkins Museum; it is not a minimum wage job. My gut tells me there is much more to this story. Time will judge that assumption.
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Speaking of excuses, one should listen to what some so-called college professor says on behalf of dog killer and criminal Michael Vick.
It's a cultural problem, don't ya know, not a case of violating RICO statutes or of animal cruelty.
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