Jack's choice of victims

[mariag]

Being furious in defending her own turf- which could include swearing, screaming and stomping menacingly at other women who dared to frequent her corner is a far sight from being good at self defense.

Back to the original post, his choice of victims, like so many other SKs after him, was probably based on practicality. Prostitutes are easy prey by the nature of their business.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Supe!

OK, I admit, that trying to find the self-defence source is a needle in a haystack of "Mary Kelly" info, while visiting Google, but;

Anyway, the sentence was about like this: "...Mary Kelly was furious in defending her own turf..."

If I remember correctly, the website with the sentence was Danish!

Yes, it's my impression of the meaning!

All the best
Jukka

[Christine]

The psychological profile suggests that he was sexually aroused by what he was doing, and therefore in a twisted way aroused by women, and that he thought prostitutes were worthless and therefore he was justified in killing them.

He may or may not have had a particular psychological need to kill middle-aged women, as MJK was younger, but this does suggest that he was trying to get back at women he perceived as being in a position to hurt him (like his mother).

Given all this, it is very unlikely that he would have attacked men, even weak and sickly men.

Take all this with a grain of salt, because you can definitely get other explanations of the psychology out of it. But serial killers almost never pick on people their own size as they perceive themselves as the victims and feel that they are entitled to revenge wrongs done to them.

[Tom_Wescott]

Of course Jack the Ripper was a coward. Is that even open for debate?

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Supe]

Jukka,

Mary Jane Kelly was known for being good in self-defence!

How is that known?

Don.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Lika!

Then answer to your question; Yes!

Meaning; yes, he picked the easiest targets to fullfill his thirst for blood!

Though, I have to add a slight crack to this pattern;

Mary Jane Kelly was known for being good in self-defence! Of course, we don't know, if she had ever encountered anyone with a knife...

All the best
Jukka

[Lika]

As we all know Jack most likely chose his victims because they were easy targets.But there is something bothering me and I'd like to ask you guys if it is no problem.
Since they were easy targets does that mean Jack was a bit of coward for not taking on someone his size or was his bloodlust simply so enormous?