The contrast of Luka in isolation vs the community of supporters
It makes me sad to think of Luka all alone in his little cell, being kept in isolation, no human contact, no one to talk. It’s hard to imagine the next 8 months being like that for him, let alone the rest of his life if he’s convicted. What a miserable existence. Suffering is worse than death.
Contrast Luka’s isolation with the community of supporters that has sprung up. It’s really interesting to watch the community grow and grow closer. Everyday new people find their way to the FB groups. Everyday we all grow a little closer. It’s inevitable when we spend hours each day conversing that we begin to share details of our real lives. We may have started out talking about Luka, and we still do of course, but we all relate to Luka’s life in some way and as we share these tidbits about ourselves we learn a little more about each other and we grow a little closer. There are a lot of people I have conversations with on a near daily basis now and I consider these people friends. These are friends I never would’ve met were it not for Luka. Luka has brought us together and created our community.
He created the community but he’ll never be a part of it. He’ll likely spend the rest of his life alone even though there are hundreds of us who would love to be his friends. It’s ironic and sad that this stark contrast exists.
excellent post-thanks again…
Excellent as always Lexa but I hope to God that your last paragraph is wrong and that Luka will get treatment and be given another chance when the time is right, so that he can rejoin and enjoy the community of the living again. If, despite all logic, there’s a miracle and he’s not found guilty, I’ll be the happiest woman in the world but I’m not expecting any miracles… just fairness… and it would not be fair to lock this boy up for the rest of his life.
I think to be honest that if he’s guilty of that crime he must be locked but not in jail!!! In hospital… If he’s really the murderer, leaving video and everything on the web as he did looks like more a kind of suicid… A social suicid
Yeah i could easely undestand all that and i think most of us are also sad for the victim, its important to say that! If Luka is really guilty, nobody likes what he did… If he’s guilty!!
Im sad too
As much as I am drawn to Luka and have a lot of sympathy for him that little cell is where he belongs right now and maybe for a long time. He’s actually a dangerous murderer (allegedly). There’s no quick fix for whatever drove him to do these cruel things… Fans aren’t true friends, they want a slice of the attention.
On another note, LOVE the photo!
He deserves some sort of treatment. Just remember, he does not give a damn about you.
i just got to say that today was , still is, one of the saddest days i have ever had to live, to live in Montreal and feel the pain that this tragedy has brought to all of us as a community , as fellow humans is unbearable to me.i can feel it in my skin like if it was my own child ,this is indescribable,today we buried Lin Jun, in his beloved Canada and with that we buried his goals, his dreams ,and witness the ultimate sacrifice as a parent, to let him stay here where he wanted to be, despite the sorrow that this bring to them. To also learn that his mother, even in this horrific time have the heart to find a little compassion for Luka is unreal, this woman is a saint, and i really hope with all my heart that Luka really really take this time in solitude to realize the tremendous pain his actions had cost,i really want him to see that, i sent Luka a letter yesterday, but i struggled with the idea for a while because even though it is true that he need us, i also think that he needs to feel alone to find his true self, his loving self, and to realize that no matter how much in pain we are, we dont have the right to take someone’s life just because ours is not what we wanted it to be, im also afraid that we all the letters he is getting he is gonna get the wrong message, and instead of him facing his conscience and feeling remorse we are all just feeding his ego even more, and in a way harming him more, and thats not what i want for him, i want him to see like we see that he did wrong, that he is not well and that he needs help, i want him to take the love that we send him not to bust his ego but to heal his very soul, and for my friend Lexa, as i told Carmen earlier i will go this Saturday to visit Lin Jun, i will write him a letter from all of us along with flowers, i will write all of our names and i will pray and stay with him for a while asking him for guidance, i will tell him who am i and that i want to help Luka and that i want his blessing , this is the only way i think i can find peace and no feel guilty every time i defend Luka, i dont care about the people, i just want Lin’s blessing, i live right here where everything happened, i went to the apartment where this happened, talked to the landlord of Luka, talked to the neighbor that saw Luka with the Box going to the mail, i was in the back of the building were the suitcase was found, and to make it more real, i live 15 mins away from where Luka is right now, this is real, even if i would like to think is all a nightmare, and im struggling every second i am awake. Never the less i still have Love and compassion for Luka, but today i just want to say to Lin…rest in peace you beautiful angel and that your family could find peace as well
Carmen, long time no see
Lexa told me about your feeling about out tete-a-tete. Buti it did not lead us anywhere. Now I take the liberty to disagree. Luka Magnotta is no sicko, he was (time in isolation and being controlled by the allmighty power of state may change that) down-to-earth nice guy. This is confirmed by loads of people close to him before that all has happened. We all have our deep minds, we all have a dark side. We all are responsible for ourself. Luka Magnotta, lacking any kind of proper education, was able to fight his life. He got around. He was controlled by people and circumstances. If some of you would have taken in more early, he might have made different moves. None of us knows what actually happened. Any of you believe the “official” version” Any of you believe that the Batman shootings were controlled by the “Joker” guy? You all switch on your brains, you all stop listening to the media. Luka Magnotta was a nice guy that has been abused from the earliest days until of june this year. The reason for that: He was a nice guy. What will turn out, we do not know. Possibly a monster in public opinion that allows the mighty ones to do proper business and to force a plan, that none of you may imagine. Switch on your brains.
Sorry but I think you’re a nutcase. You insulted me as a fraud because your small mind can’t understand that North American expats would dare use pronouns like “us” and “we” in reference to this case, or that we can actually really take planes to live in foreign lands. Lexa may choose to like you but I think you’re fucking nuts with your ridiculous 3rd grade conspiracy theories and want nothing to do with you.
Lexa please. I really want nothing more to do with this person. I’m happy to comment on your blog but please don’t let this asshole use it to respond to me when I’ve blocked him everywhere else. He knows he’s blocked on Facebook and using your blog as a means to circumvent that is unbelievably tacky.
You’re absolutely right. Thanks to Luka, we do a very good meetings and we support each other. this is a wonderful experience that it would share can never be, but he knows that we will always be behind him.
We know how this ‘battle’ will end…Luka will be locked away because of opinion instead of eveidence with the sciences and all of the Luka supporters will be classed as ‘psycos’ for what? giving a hurt boy EMPATHY!
ITS SPELLED “PSYCHOS” HAIL LUKA<3
I wonder if the people who want to be his friends have seen this: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-glimpse-inside-magnottas-mind/article4446492/
“Then an unemployed 22-year-old who was living in an apartment in Toronto and still going by his birth name, Eric Clinton Newman, Mr. Magnotta initially faced a dozen criminal charges, mostly for fraud and possession of stolen property. One charge, though, was tied to an alleged sexual assault of a young woman he met online the year before – a charge the Crown later withdrew.
In the end, Mr. Magnotta pleaded guilty to defrauding three retail stores of thousands of dollars and to impersonating the same young woman to obtain a credit card. His only words in court that day were to acknowledge his guilt. His victim was extremely vulnerable, court transcripts reveal. She was 21 years old but had the mental capacity of an eight- to 12-year-old child.
The pair met in January, 2004, chatting first online and then face to face. At some point that year, Mr. Magnotta asked her to apply for credit cards that he could use, assuring her he would pay the bills. He took her to Sears, 2001 Audio Video and The Brick to apply for credit. He also obtained an American Express card under her name, impersonating the woman over the telephone.
He racked up slightly more than $10,000 in charges before the victim’s mother caught on to the scheme.”
Could you afford to have him as a ‘friend’?
Fiend more like, not someone to trust. And trust is essential for a friendship to work.
I along with others have joined Luka groups on FB, but I get tons of hate mail, its so sad. I hope when this trial is over, Luka will be found not guilty by reason of self defense, and he will be able to move on with his life. Poor Luka.