The Joker is, of course, not responsible for his rampage of villainy and malfeasance. One must always understand that a bad daddy is the one responsible for his adult son's evil choices since the victim of a dysfunctional home never has a mind of his own. At least that is apparently what the Spocks and Frueds want us to believe.

By the way, Benjamin Spock, who died on March 16, 1998, admitted he was wrong. He said We have reared a generation of brats. Parents aren't firm enough with their children ... We didn't realize until it was too late how our know-it-all attitude was undermining the self-assurance of parents. Maybe God is more right than Spock was after all. 'Spare the rod, spoil the child', 'beat him with the rod' [Prov. 23:14] and all that.