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CodexRegius t1_j28agpw wrote

Knowing one like him, and his family, I am certain Kevin was plainly born like that. His real-world counterpart fortunately has not murdered anyone - but can you imagine that his own sister would not talk to him for years? In the same house? His parents were absolutely not to blame: I know them both as kind people who adored their baby son (too much, IMO) and were dismayed about how he turned out. But it could not be helped. His first girlfriend set him straight in the end, fortunately; till then, some of us had seriously considered the possibility he might fall criminal.

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Still-Mirror-3527 t1_j2awtfe wrote

You don't know what happens behind closed doors.

For all you know, the child was abused and neglected just like Kevin was.

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CodexRegius t1_j2b40hm wrote

For all I know, he wasn't.

The question is: What happened to his sister?

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Still-Mirror-3527 t1_j2b74j5 wrote

Why do I care about what happened to his sister?

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CodexRegius t1_j2cwr3g wrote

It might tell us something important about her brother's personality.

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Still-Mirror-3527 t1_j2ey1u3 wrote

Or you could stop speaking cryptically like an idiot.

Sibling behavior isn't an indicator of parental quality.

Abusive families often choose one child as a scapegoat to prevent sibling solidarity against the abusers.

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