[swinnipeg]

It is curious how the trauma from his kidnapping is considered different than if he had been a 2nd generation war criminal.

Presumably the child of a war criminal would also have suffered trauma in youth, but there would no consideration of mercy, or sympathetic longform articles for the 30something 2nd generation war criminal. They would be simply be treated as evil.

[bigfudge]

Totally agree. It's a kind of narrative/availability fallacy.