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Re: Orlando shooting: 5 people dead after 'disgruntled' ex-employee opens fire police
then your position is his killing the former co-workers was the act of a sane man
i forcefully disagree
You take that wrong, then. I don't assume anything not present in the facts, like assuming he was suffering from a mental illness or acting out of a lack of sanity. Not all murderers are insane or suffer from a mental illness. If the opposite were true, then the population of Chicago's East Side community would be suffering from an over abundance of mental illness within their population, given the murder rate there.
Is it possible that the guy was suffering from mental illness? Hell yes, given what he did. But, is there evidence to say so as a matter of fact like your post did above? Hell no. I prefer to not leap to blame others for the acts of a criminal, like creating a term to blame such as "our nation's mental health deficit." I actually agree with you that our country has a lack of mental health care for those that need it the most. But, given that this country is based on freedom and liberty, how do we force a person to be treated for an illness or an affliction that they may not even be able to recognize exists? There's the problem. Do we forcibly remove a person's freedom and liberty from them by institutionalizing them? We do that already, but a person has to exhibit signs that they are a threat to themselves or others before a court can act. I see no evidence that there was any such evidence before this event.
I can't blame anyone but the murderer in this instance for his own actions, and I don't see how anyone else can either. I go back to my sig below. We as a culture need to take responsibility for the consequences of our own choices, and stop blaming others for the situation we find ourselves in due to our own choices, and not anyone else.
then your position is his killing the former co-workers was the act of a sane man
i forcefully disagree