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In reply to the discussion: Accused Colorado shooter has "mental illness," defense attorney says [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)7. Gee...what was your first clue, counsel?
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Accused Colorado shooter has "mental illness," defense attorney says [View all]
maddezmom
Aug 2012
OP
as long as it's easy to acquire guns but hard to get mental health screening and treatment...
mike_c
Aug 2012
#1
Mental illness does not excuse the actions of someone who is not mentally incompetent
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#68
Schizophrenics are not mentally retarded. They are often very intelligent, and
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#13
He basically needs protective custody for life: protection for US from him, and
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#32
Careful planning is exactly what my mom did when she decided to run away from
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#31
My guess is because kestrel has a better understanding of mental health issues than many here
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#38
People can explain things without personal anecdotes...experience doesn't change facts..
Odious justice
Aug 2012
#39
"...personal references to an individual experience are not helpful in sorting out broader issues.."
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#78
I'm making the point that it's utter nonsense to say that he can NOT be schizophrenic
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#46
That point would be nonsense; but no-one in the thread has said that
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#56
I have never implied that; I've explicitly put forward a scenario that involves planning
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#75
I have never said it's out of the question, nor said it's unlikely
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#63
Movie cliches aside it's possible to be both "insane" and methodical. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#34
IMHO applying the DP to the mentally ill should be a crime against humanity,
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#12
Horrible barely describes it. My mom ruined my dad's Air Force career and then
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#33
And I think one of these mass killers (Whitman??) actually had a brain tumor
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#36
There was a study linking serial killers to brain injuries, if I remember correctly
Marrah_G
Aug 2012
#42
There is NO QUESTION about the guy being mentally ill. Shrinks will determine if he's COMPETENT...
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#41
That is because our legal system is so effed up. It cannot properly deal with
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#14
So, in a nutshell, he's a "useless eater". Thank you for the insight into YOUR
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#67
I'm going to take a wild guess that you've never seen real mental illness up close
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#72
It's pretty obvious that the poster in question has never had to deal with the
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#79
"Made up mental illness" and fear about crazies hiding among us... classy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#74
To me it's intuitively obvious that anyone who slaughters a bunch of innocent people randomly is...
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#82