Prevailing winds doomed Andrea Yates ?

 I read on page 3A of USA TODAY: " Insanity law helped doom Yates'

    Defense ".  A little shocked by the verdict, I am now convinced that

    most Americans- and especially those obtuse Texans - hardly grasp the

    ABCs of mental illness.

               In a way the George W. Bush school of Good vs. Evil played

    a role in the ignorant verdict.

               Since 9-11 we have become a less thoughtful and more vindictive

    nation. We don't want to UNDERSTAND a troubled woman like Andrea Yates anymore

    than we want to understand Islamic terrorists. Revenge is enough.

               Clearly Yates was as influenced by fundamentalist religious

    crap - Satan has my kids ! - as I suppose most of the jury: " The woman

    is EVIL " !

                 The Dark Age has not really faded into the dead past.

            At least spare this poor woman's life !