Bull & Alf, Proof that a low IQ is an excuss for Africans?

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&...

"Van den Berg this week pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife on August 4 2005 and trying to kill his son. He said he had no recollection of attacking them. If it had been him, he said, he could not be held accountable as he had a low IQ."

"He explained that he suffered a lot of stress during his marriage as he could not talk properly and his wife and children often laughed at him. He said his wife never answered him if he spoke to her and she and the children mostly ignored him. "I told her they were making me mad," he stated."

""I smelled something like burnt plastic and blood. I thought I saw someone next to my wife. I took a spanner and I hit out to get the person out of the bed. As I did that, I realised I had hit my wife"

Is it almost as bad as saying "God made me do it"?

Zim$ and African is anyone born in Africa. If I had ment black or white, I would have said, blacks or whites.

For me the saddest thing about my postings on IQ levels is the misinterpretation of Richard Lynn's paper and the emotional responses without even reading the thesis. At no point did Lynn say ALL Sub Saharan Africans have IQ levels below 70. What he did find was that there was a preponderance towards that score by a large majority. Now that would suggest that there are others who achieve beyond 70 and I can tell you that there are those who have IQ levels beyond 100. The most striking fact is that when you put the data and graphs alongside other Races then the data for Sub Saharan Africans is almost the opposite to other Races.
Those on this forum who chose to interpret the findings as meaning ALL Sub Saharan Africans have IQ levels of less than 70 should read his work - unemotionally.
This guy you refer too is clearly in the 67 IQ levels but surely that is not a defence for the heinous crime he committed. All he really needed to know is the difference between right and wrong.

thats so true i mean there dumb and beat up people

He must be retarded if he thinks that I would believe him. Doesn't he think that it is slightly convenient for him to have a spanner and a knife with him in bed.

Either it's a complete fabrication on his part along the lines of "what do I got to loose?" or he really have some other kind of problems. Whichever if he felt this was a solution he needs help anyway.

Oh dear, he's insane.

Hahaha.....ja, some people!!!!......can you you define an African?......I'm hopeful that you won't delete the question in shame...just define an African.....and ask the Delmas people whether the accused fit your description of an African.........

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Let's wait for Bull & Alf to see whether they have the same understanding of who an African is.....

I agree with Darth, who goes to bed with a knife and wheelspanner?

That excuse is really dying out now. Taking a life has nothing what so ever to do with IQ. Unless you do suffer from an undeniable mental illness that even a kid could point out.

Am I the only one feeling sorry for this man?

Please don't generalize. This is a single isolated event where the culprit is dumb enough, to make such an excuse.

Not to stupid to know she is dead and to 'prevent' his son from finding her - it is sick and now he will be judged insane and maybe get placed in a institusion ..............so dis maar reg as ek doodmaak want ek is dom en betaal maar my losies elke maand dankie

The memory section of an IQ test only contributes a maximum of ten points to your IQ! Haha!
Just another case of being conveniently stupid.
The sad part is that conveniently stupid people think everybody else is really stupid.
And the tragic part is the lack of self respect!

Please T.I............this is not an isolated incident, go into Jutastat and research all the attempted suicide/murder of family cases. I personally prosecuted 3, all white men, all 3 police officers, that killed their wives and little children. I can still remember the one guy testifying that he shot his 2 year old "because the child was screaming like a pig" after he saw how his dad shot his mom......and those cases are the pits because the accused always have this pathetic excuse and have to go for observation at Valkenburg....waste of taxpayers money and time.

Some are genuinely mentally ill and some cannot recall actions when sleepwalking.

Sleep walkers cannot remember that they went down stairs, made a sandwich, ate it then went back to be for instance.