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kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
66. My speculation certainly isn't based on what some lawyer says.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 10:19 AM
Aug 2012

It's based on the observable facts of the case.

When you deal extensively with untreated schizophrenia, you can usually spot its victims a mile away based on what they say and do.

But do carry on with the bigotry. Wouldn't want to poke a hole in your little balloon.

as long as it's easy to acquire guns but hard to get mental health screening and treatment... mike_c Aug 2012 #1
Precisely. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #2
Assuming the mental illness claim is legit Xipe Totec Aug 2012 #3
Mental illness does not excuse the actions of someone who is not mentally incompetent slackmaster Aug 2012 #68
We are in agreement Xipe Totec Aug 2012 #73
but he was screened - and an alarm did go up about him at the University ehrnst Aug 2012 #64
Yeah, he has a mental illness... malthaussen Aug 2012 #4
That's CONSIDERED a mental illness... Ken Burch Aug 2012 #8
You know it really doesn't matter.. sendero Aug 2012 #44
Insanity Defense SoCalMusicLover Aug 2012 #5
Do you advocate killing all mentally ill folks? TBF Aug 2012 #9
How mentally ill could he be? Drahthaardogs Aug 2012 #45
Functioning or non-functioning is not a reliable indicator of sanity. X_Digger Aug 2012 #50
Oh, Sn-aaap! - Wish I could rec your reply :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #70
You don't really understand mental illness then FunkyLeprechaun Aug 2012 #10
"probably saw things in the audience"? He planned it carefully muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #11
Schizophrenics are not mentally retarded. They are often very intelligent, and kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #13
But they don't have time machines muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #25
Lots of planning.... Odious justice Aug 2012 #27
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
Why are you talking about yourself so much? Odious justice Aug 2012 #35
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
Are you seriously implying that I am making up my mom's story??? kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #53
I'm not implying- just saying I don't know Odious justice Aug 2012 #54
Kestrel...put it on ignore Marrah_G Aug 2012 #58
What the fuck is your problem? Marrah_G Aug 2012 #57
Sycophantic outrage aside... Odious justice Aug 2012 #59
"...personal references to an individual experience are not helpful in sorting out broader issues.." kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #78
What is STFU? Is it located in Florida? Odious justice Aug 2012 #83
"she" - lol kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #77
Because I have decades of personal experience with schizophrenia, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #43
A close member of my family has a serious mental illness or illnesses, amandabeech Aug 2012 #48
THANK YOU. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #52
You are completely welcome! n/t amandabeech Aug 2012 #76
I think you need to read the whole thread again, carefully muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #40
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
Well, no, that's what you have been implying all along: kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #65
I have never implied that; I've explicitly put forward a scenario that involves planning muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #75
For those of us who have worked with schizophrenia TBF Aug 2012 #60
I have never said it's out of the question, nor said it's unlikely muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #63
My speculation certainly isn't based on what some lawyer says. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #66
Movie cliches aside it's possible to be both "insane" and methodical. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #34
THANK YOU. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #47
IMHO applying the DP to the mentally ill should be a crime against humanity, kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #12
I've had some friends with schizophrenic members of their family, it was RKP5637 Aug 2012 #28
Horrible barely describes it. My mom ruined my dad's Air Force career and then kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #33
I understand and support you, kestrel. n/t amandabeech Aug 2012 #49
Are you equating "mentally ill" and "not human"? (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #15
He certainly is, and I tried to get him banned. I'm PROUD to say that. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #18
You got lucky. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #16
Juror # 5 is a jackass Marrah_G Aug 2012 #23
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
I think they called him 'non-human' because he killed many people muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #26
Let's let the shrinks figure out if he's mentally ill or not. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #17
There is NO QUESTION about the guy being mentally ill. Shrinks will determine if he's COMPETENT... slackmaster Aug 2012 #41
You are not going to demonstrate the absolute sanctity of life WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2012 #19
If he is schizophrenic, there is nothing to forgive. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #24
We are asked to forgive everyone, its not easy. WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2012 #29
Oh, and you have no clue what a "cretin" is, either. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #20
Thank you Doc :) Marrah_G Aug 2012 #22
I disagree with your entire post. Marrah_G Aug 2012 #21
Killing someone in captivity Odious justice Aug 2012 #30
I can certainly believe he is very seriously mentally ill. Chemisse Aug 2012 #6
That is because our legal system is so effed up. It cannot properly deal with kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #14
Gee...what was your first clue, counsel? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #7
Yup. flossie bobbsey Aug 2012 #37
Duh, you think? primavera Aug 2012 #51
Thanks For Coming Up With Your Own Interpretations SoCalMusicLover Aug 2012 #55
Actually, capital punishment is more expensive than life locked up. ehrnst Aug 2012 #62
So, in a nutshell, he's a "useless eater". Thank you for the insight into YOUR kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #67
Oh, and what evidence do you have that his mental illness is kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #69
Here's a little reading to fill out your understanding of what it coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #71
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
This message was self-deleted by its author ehrnst Aug 2012 #61
I Have No Experience SoCalMusicLover Aug 2012 #80
"Suddenly being 100% sane?" Did you miss the part where he was medicated? Posteritatis Aug 2012 #81
To me it's intuitively obvious that anyone who slaughters a bunch of innocent people randomly is... slackmaster Aug 2012 #82
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