I don't believe in collective guilt. I do believe in collective unconsciousness. I point the finger at the Boulder Colorado culture; New Age institutional naivete'. That comes down to one's philosophy of good and evil. The New Age culture thinks one becomes a better person by discounting the reality of Evil and treating "badness" by absorbing it into the general goodness and thus increasing goodness in general and more importantly one's self esteem. They think this can happen by mere exposure. The culture does not want to recognize Evil because it sets up a dichotomy, the anathema of "All is Oneness". This is a bastardization of eastern philosophy. Rocky Mountain High is not achieved with drugs anymore, it is achieved by self delusion and collective unconsciousness. They have sherked the results of man's long struggle toward Self awareness and opted for the bliss of ignorance that comes from delusion.
Blaze, I think you accept the theory of sacrifice to some measure. This is brave of you. The ability to recognize the evil acts of others requires knowledge of human behavior. Investigators of crime are often derailed personally as well as professionally as they encounter the reality of what people do to each other. It is difficult to approach evil without coming under it's sway. The evidence for sacrifice is there, primarily the two methods of killing and the references to The Psalms. This theory is roundly discounted especially when applied to the mother, largely I think because of ignorance of human behavior. People have been offing other people and animals to beseech their God's intervention throughout history. But most people can't see this in the case of Patsy Ramsey because if they recognize the *advertiser censored* on her they feel they get *advertiser censored* on themselves as well.
Yes the mother did it. Yes deliberately. And yes in her self serving confusion between herself and her God.