aeon_ducks t1_j91d6zn wrote on February 18, 2023 at 2:17 PM

Reply to comment by gnatsaredancing in Is Frankenstein responsible for the murders his creation committed? by siuknowwhatImean

More bad faith arguments. He didn't just run out the very second he woke up without Frankenstein having time to say anything. He woke up and his creator immediately started screaming at him that he was an abomination and should never have been created while acting physically threatening. Every human he met after that treated him with immediate fear and distrust while driving him off. Did you forget that humans have to be taught empathy/sympathy? He was born as a blank slate and was only shown hostility of course that was all he knew.

gnatsaredancing t1_j924ruv wrote on February 18, 2023 at 5:35 PM

And which of those do you imagine is excuse enough for a premeditated murder spree?

Back in the real world we'd laugh at anyone using something like that as an excuse for carefully planning and executing a series of murders for clear personal gain.