Originally posted by Fisherman
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Andy Griffiths was talking about the risks involved in running, if Lechmere was the killer. Fish kindly confirmed this:
Yes indeed, Griffiths was talking about EXACTLY that and nothing else.
Andy Griffiths was also not 'familiar with the mental state of Charles Lechmere'. So he was not saying "Lechmere was a psychopath, so he would not have run", because he could not possibly know if Lechmere was a psychopath or not, just as nobody else can. In conclusion, we can safely rule out that this was why Griffiths said "he would never have run."
[The above was a redundant observation by Fish, since he had previously confirmed that Andy Griffiths was ONLY talking about the risks involved in running and nothing else. Psychopath or no, Lechmere would 'never' have run and would therefore have had to try and bluff his way out of trouble.]
And yet 'the risks involved in running' don't appear to figure in Fish's own reasoning at all: 'IF Lechmere was the killer, he acted with extreme coolness and a total lack of respect for his fellow people, he was not given to panic, but was instead able to think on his feet and present very convincing lies to get himself out of a tricky situation'. Nothing here about running being the trickier proposition for any type of killer - presumably because even Fish would struggle with why Griffiths thought that would have been the case.
In fact, Fish said in a previous post that killers who are not psychopaths would never choose to stay and attempt to lie their way out of such a tricky situation. Only a psychopath could handle it. Only a psychopath would stay in Lechmere's situation, IF he was the killer. Any other killer would have run [and bugger the risks involved, as referred to by Griffiths].
It comes as little surprise that Fish never seems to address what 'risks' Griffiths was talking about, and why these risks would not apply equally to killers of all types. Fish appears to think the risks would not deter any non-psychopathic killer from running, while only a psychopathic one might choose not to run.
This totally contradicts and undermines Griffiths's opinion, that a killer in Lechmere's situation would 'never' have run because of the risks involved in doing so. No exceptions for all the non-psychopathic killers out there, who, according to Fish, would never have stayed.
It's a mess.
Love,
Caz
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