tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post117080236974763979..comments2017-06-07T06:49:41.545-04:00Comments on Reality Principles: Disbelief Can Kill.WereBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17746779803342657146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post-30987419837765452572011-05-04T03:50:44.127-04:002011-05-04T03:50:44.127-04:00This is an old post, but I'd like to respond t...This is an old post, but I'd like to respond to it just the same. Your assessment of Aiko Koo's behavior on the night she was abducted & savagely murdered by Kemper is a load of sanctimonious twaddle. It's all too easy for you, or anyone, for that matter, to play Monday morning quarterback decades later without even attempting to factor in all the variables that were in play that tragic, long-ago night.<br /><br />The early seventies was a very different time. The culture, specifically the youth culture, was much more permissive in many ways than it is today. The sight of teenaged & college aged kids hitchhiking on the side of America's highways & byways was a very common one.<br /><br />Unfortunately for Aiko Koo, living her entire life as she did in a large, liberal college town like Berkeley, Ca, she was probably inundated with images of young people hitching rides left & right from an early age without consequence. Mind you, this is not an attempt to excuse her hitchhiking, but rather an attempt to provide you with a little sorely needed cultural & historical context. Something your post uniformly lacked.<br /><br />In addition, the world that Aiko Koo lived & grew up in was one before serial killers were turned into pop icons by our lowbrow & crass media & movie industries. In fact, the term "serial killer" hadn't even been coined yet.<br /><br />While it is certainly true that serial killers like The Boston Strangler & The Zodiac Killer committed their bestial crimes during Aiko's tragically short lifetime, it's highly unlikely that she would've viewed such fiends as a direct consequential threat resulting from her hitchhiking.<br /><br />Finally, and perhaps most importantly, there's the simple & undeniable fact that she was only a 15 year-old child who was undoubtedly disoriented & scared absolutely shitless by her encounter with a hideously oversized & thoroughly grotesque psychopath.<br /><br />It's easy for you to pretend (with the benefit of hindsight, of course) that if you were 15 year-old girl who barely stood above 5" tall up against a 6'9" gargoyle like Kemper, that you'd somehow manage to think clearly & keep your composer & make all the right decisions to enable you to carry the day. The simple, sad reality is if you had gotten into Kemper's car that night instead of she, you'd be the one plucking a harp today, not her.Good Ole Puggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982467608033250421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post-51661966204719333772011-05-04T03:48:40.370-04:002011-05-04T03:48:40.370-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Good Ole Puggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982467608033250421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post-61642235910201134872011-05-04T03:33:34.321-04:002011-05-04T03:33:34.321-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Good Ole Puggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982467608033250421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post-17934031187396916952007-02-28T13:55:00.000-05:002007-02-28T13:55:00.000-05:00Who the hell are you WereBear? I was a classmate ...Who the hell are you WereBear? I was a classmate of Aiko's, let her rest in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25696366.post-1170973573741194172007-02-08T17:26:00.000-05:002007-02-08T17:26:00.000-05:00How does one lock oneself "out" of a car? And do w...How does one lock oneself "out" of a car? And do we trust the narrative of a Psychopathic killer? <BR/><BR/>Could it have been his ingratiating manner? <BR/><BR/>Do you think he was nice to the waitstaff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com