The fact that various acquaintances thought Garrido was crazy and actually saw Dugard and her daughters reveals how willing we sometimes are to ignore the strange behavior of others, and how this willingness can sometimes allow criminals to operate with impunity for years.

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And just as Arafat understood that after he said the magic words the West would ignore his bad behavior, so Assad knew that Washington and Paris would pay no attention when upon returning from Riyadh he announced that Syria's relations with Iran will never be weakened.

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Jobs was so brilliant that most people seemed to forgive or ignore his tyrannical behavior because we have coveted the fruits of his genius.

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Angry for choosing to ignore, at least in public, the myriads of signals to such behavior that might have prevented their loved ones' predatory behaviors earlier, just possibly averting some of the damage, just possibly saving some women from pain.

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