>>He knew that she was cracked, the circumstances under which she cracks, and he had the means to help her help herself avoid cracking. He didn't. That is blameworthy.<<
Exactly.
And I notice that Mr. Yates is now blaming the medical community for the deaths of his children.
Yet it was HE who was intimately involved in the household, it was HE who knew what the condition of his wife was, and it was HE who assumed a posture of willful blindness (imo) for the daily care of his own children.
Even if you allow for the argument that there was no way he could predict she would harm the kids in an overt fashion....surely a thinking person would understand that 5 children under the direct daily supervision of suicidal individual taking strong anti-psychotic drugs would be at risk for abuse in the form of negligence.
Extreme negligence is the primary form of child abuse in this country....children are maimed, children suffer psychologically, and yes children die because of neglect.
I imagine if Mr. Yates had went off to work everyday with a loaded gun in the house and one of the kids "accidentally" killed themselves, he would be charged the crime of child endangerment...and I'm convinced that prosecutors would make the argument that his medicated, suicidal wife was too impaired to watch out for the welfare of the kids.
While I hold Andrea Yates responsible for the moral choice she made to murder her children, and want to see her imprisoned for that choice, to think that her husband is an innocent victim is complete nonsense. I am convinced that had he (being the so called "healthy one" in the marriage) done the right thing and made arrangements for full time assistance for his wife, not even a professional, just a "normal" human being with ordinary common sense, those children would be alive today.
I have nothing but contempt for Mr. Russel Yates. |
