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Catching up with the thread here...
1. Someone on the thread asked if a 7 year old child would fit into diapers and into a highchair. My gut instinct is to say that yes, a waif-like androgynous, undersized little boy could fit into both diapers and a highchair, depending on the size since some are built larger than others. My mother forced me and my sister to wear diapers once when we wet the bed at age 3 or 4 and I remember the sides cutting into our flesh slightly, so I'm thinking his diapers would have had to be larger or built differently than ours were. Here's an image of high chair plans, showing dimensions:
2. As for studies that show largely genetic influence for mental disorders, it's true that we have to keep in mind epigenetics. But there's also the fact that what might appear to be genetic, since it runs in a family line, might actually be cultural since cultural patterns tend to also be handed down through generations. Scientific researchers are not without bias and meanwhile we are within a hyper-scientific age and a materialist paradigm which seeks to define everything according to the strictly physical. All it takes is a review of the Standford Prison Experiment or the studies of wolf children, to see that environmental factors can render personal genetics largely insignificant. If a person's childhood is severe enough it may very well override their inner blueprint if such a thing should exist in as detailed a form as we assume. Luka's descriptions of his childhood and his boyfriend troubles sound real unlike the trolling he does on boards. When he discusses his emotional life he writes more carefully, with long paragraphs and human-sounding expression. There is a force to the writing that carries through, as if he feels compelled to engage in catharsis, whereas in his trollish posts there is more a feeling of little dirty nuggets being dropped--feels more staccato and absurd, like something no intelligent person would pay heed to.
3. I was home taught so I know that it allows for severe abuse and neglect under a veil of secrecy, though I am grateful that the abuse was not severe at home. I also knew someone who grew up in a dysfunctional home environment like the one Luka claims to have come from; I met his family and even lived with one family member for a while so I know he told me the truth about his life. ...I can see the imprint of abuse in Luka just as I could in that other person. I can also tell you that each sibling in a family has a very different experience though in some ways they will parallel. Some siblings have it much easier if they are their parent's favorite and so forth. You can't chalk up their mental health and success to their own moral fiber necessarily. And while someone might appear more successful outwardly a lot can be hidden from view. It's not my place to pry into his family's life but his sister has really sad eyes in that one photo on myspace. And her personal blog entry showed that she has experienced some definite emotional disturbance.
4. It's not impossible that Luka had sex with a lot of his relatives--just throwing that out there. There is a case in the news right now about a family with three male relatives who were involved in a sex ring. Didn't Luka's Aunt say the family lacked boundaries?
5. Maybe the killing was part of a vendetta against his mother, whom he seems to hate even more than his father. He might have incorporated elements into the video that she would recognize. For instance, maybe she likes the movie Casablanca and had a fascination with serial killers (she watched violent movies with him?). Maybe he's saying indirectly, "Here's what I'd like to do to you."
1. Someone on the thread asked if a 7 year old child would fit into diapers and into a highchair. My gut instinct is to say that yes, a waif-like androgynous, undersized little boy could fit into both diapers and a highchair, depending on the size since some are built larger than others. My mother forced me and my sister to wear diapers once when we wet the bed at age 3 or 4 and I remember the sides cutting into our flesh slightly, so I'm thinking his diapers would have had to be larger or built differently than ours were. Here's an image of high chair plans, showing dimensions:
2. As for studies that show largely genetic influence for mental disorders, it's true that we have to keep in mind epigenetics. But there's also the fact that what might appear to be genetic, since it runs in a family line, might actually be cultural since cultural patterns tend to also be handed down through generations. Scientific researchers are not without bias and meanwhile we are within a hyper-scientific age and a materialist paradigm which seeks to define everything according to the strictly physical. All it takes is a review of the Standford Prison Experiment or the studies of wolf children, to see that environmental factors can render personal genetics largely insignificant. If a person's childhood is severe enough it may very well override their inner blueprint if such a thing should exist in as detailed a form as we assume. Luka's descriptions of his childhood and his boyfriend troubles sound real unlike the trolling he does on boards. When he discusses his emotional life he writes more carefully, with long paragraphs and human-sounding expression. There is a force to the writing that carries through, as if he feels compelled to engage in catharsis, whereas in his trollish posts there is more a feeling of little dirty nuggets being dropped--feels more staccato and absurd, like something no intelligent person would pay heed to.
3. I was home taught so I know that it allows for severe abuse and neglect under a veil of secrecy, though I am grateful that the abuse was not severe at home. I also knew someone who grew up in a dysfunctional home environment like the one Luka claims to have come from; I met his family and even lived with one family member for a while so I know he told me the truth about his life. ...I can see the imprint of abuse in Luka just as I could in that other person. I can also tell you that each sibling in a family has a very different experience though in some ways they will parallel. Some siblings have it much easier if they are their parent's favorite and so forth. You can't chalk up their mental health and success to their own moral fiber necessarily. And while someone might appear more successful outwardly a lot can be hidden from view. It's not my place to pry into his family's life but his sister has really sad eyes in that one photo on myspace. And her personal blog entry showed that she has experienced some definite emotional disturbance.
4. It's not impossible that Luka had sex with a lot of his relatives--just throwing that out there. There is a case in the news right now about a family with three male relatives who were involved in a sex ring. Didn't Luka's Aunt say the family lacked boundaries?
5. Maybe the killing was part of a vendetta against his mother, whom he seems to hate even more than his father. He might have incorporated elements into the video that she would recognize. For instance, maybe she likes the movie Casablanca and had a fascination with serial killers (she watched violent movies with him?). Maybe he's saying indirectly, "Here's what I'd like to do to you."
