So I’m assuming you’ve read the case from Austria of that guy, Josef Fritzl, who kept his one daughter in a cellar, repeatedly raped her, and kept some of the resulting children locked in the cellar with her for a couple of decades.

I’ve not the stomach to try to imagine how someone could do that.  I mean, how do you get up in the morning, look yourself in the mirror while shaving, say to yourself, “Whelp, think I’ll go fuck my daughter in the cellar I keep her prisoner in this morning.”, and not know, KNOW, that you are absolute evil?

But that’s not what’s got me perplexed this morning.  This article, “Incest dad upset at media ‘monster’ image”, has me completely shaking my head.  From the article:

Fritzl’s lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said his client had access to a television in jail and was closely watching coverage of his case, which has garnered worldwide attention.

Mayer said Fritzl was bothered by the fact that he was being made out to be a monster.  He said Fritzl told him, “I’m only being portrayed as a monster and not as someone who committed monstrous acts.”

Can someone please explain this to me?  Can someone tell me how someone who commits monstrous acts isn’t a monster?  Isn’t someone who bakes a baker, simply from engaging in the act of baking?  Isn’t someone a liar is they utter falsehoods?  How does keeping your daughter locked up in a cellar, raping her for two decades, and keeping 3 of the resultant children locked up with her, NOT make this guy a fucking monster of epic proportions?

I understand he probably has some justification in his mind that what he did wasn’t so bad, or that he’s just a regular person with a bit of a secret, a small skeleton in his closet.  Or cellar, as the case may be.

When you’re looking in that mirror in the morning, however, I bet you know, you KNOW, you’re looking at the face of a monster.

Monster: a person who excites horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.

I think he meets the defined criteria.

Just because you KNOW, doesn’t mean you have to admit ...

Yeah, tj, but not even admit to yourself?  Then again, I suppose self-delusion is the purest form.