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Subway push suspect laughs [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2012 OP
Yeah... Seems a few fries short of a happymeal. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #1
sounds more like too much happymeal. kwassa Dec 2012 #16
I guess the stage is already being set for some "mental illness" bullshit bluestateguy Dec 2012 #2
guess i'm not clear on why it should be obvious there is no mental illness at play here.... unblock Dec 2012 #3
Clearly she's not right. I don't think they have to set the stage. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #4
Yeh, but "not right" and "mentally sick" does NOT mean she didn't know it was wrong. Bucky Dec 2012 #11
I agree, she could just be a sociopath who knew exactly what she was doing TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #15
This is the defense contained in the New York Penal Law. rug Dec 2012 #18
You have just illustrated a common misunderstanding regarding mental illness and the law slackmaster Jan 2013 #45
Mental illness is not BS Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #51
Many people do awful things because they think it is "cool".. and they are not mentally ill. secondwind Dec 2012 #5
Quite true. It's a very slippery slope. It's relative to the norm. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #52
A person may be mentally ill without being 'legally insane.' LongTomH Dec 2012 #6
Here is the NYT story that wan't up yet when I posted this she has a mental past!!!! Omaha Steve Dec 2012 #7
Thank you for this. Have a relative who needs monitoring but doesn't get it because when is good uppityperson Dec 2012 #10
If she smoked pot she wouldn't have been on the streets.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #14
really? I don't know about NY, but in many states, smoking pot does not land you cali Jan 2013 #42
Cop Shops get Fed money for pot busts. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #46
I must not be watching enough fox news....... wandy Dec 2012 #8
easy sbmvv Dec 2012 #12
Apparently, it's also open season on anyone with a mental health diagnosis. Denninmi Dec 2012 #22
how do we know there are mental health issues involved in many of these cases JI7 Dec 2012 #27
We don't know. Denninmi Dec 2012 #31
The CT school case is speculation Marrah_G Dec 2012 #38
Then accept my sympathies sbmvv Dec 2012 #33
Sorry, didn't think of it that way... wandy Jan 2013 #49
Re-Institutionalization. Now. Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #9
For whom? Denninmi Dec 2012 #23
the mentally ill with histories of threatening behavior, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #24
i guess same would apply to those without mental illness JI7 Dec 2012 #26
So, you're advocating incarceration for people not actually convicted of any crime? Denninmi Dec 2012 #32
Actually Marrah_G Dec 2012 #35
There is a pretty big difference between "potential" and "ticking time bomb" Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #39
Maybe because she has a history of violence towards others and not taking medication? Marrah_G Dec 2012 #34
It's open season on Muslims to some people. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #13
Clearly she's a socio/psychopath. nt Locut0s Dec 2012 #17
Sounds like perhaps she should not have been let out of the hospital Marrah_G Dec 2012 #19
Perhaps she wants to avoid the "hate crime" charges? n/t crim son Dec 2012 #20
what mental iillness is it that results in someone attacking someone because they don't like JI7 Dec 2012 #21
She clearly has issues Marrah_G Dec 2012 #36
yeah, they all have issues, she admitted why she did it JI7 Jan 2013 #40
She has a severe and persistant mental illness cali Jan 2013 #43
And we know who keeps this hating alive every day... southerncrone Dec 2012 #25
Our decaying civilized society, NoOneMan Dec 2012 #28
Yup. Faux "news" and the rabble-rousers they celebrate like Pam Gellar. Archae Dec 2012 #29
What a sick f**k. She deserves to be locked up forever. smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #30
Blindingly obvious case of Psychopathy. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #37
time to put doors on subway platforms, i guess... grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #41
Obviously severely mentally ill slackmaster Jan 2013 #44
She looks like Backward-B Face girl obamamyprez Jan 2013 #47
that's who she reminded me of also JI7 Jan 2013 #53
Life in prison or life in a mental hospital. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #48
Crazy like a fox, perhaps? MADem Jan 2013 #50
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