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Originally Posted by Dion
When are you going to educate yourself as opposed to letting your emotions determine what judgement should be handed out.
It has nothing to do with "sympathy" but rather an understanding of why he did what he did and how medical teatment can take away that "threat " he poses to society and more importantly those who work and monitor him. That understanding takes away fear that some people have about Li when he's on an escorted day parole.
Because of people like you, more and more of those suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses will not come forward for treatment. Fear is what keeps them from seeking help. Sad thing is incidents like Li's can be prevented if we can remove the negitive stigma that goes with it.
I'm glad you're not in a position to be handing out sentences. Forcing someone to "rot" for a disease he/she did not ask for is unreasonable and quite sad.
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Sorry, I'm not buying an ounce of what you're selling, and find your entire stance to reek of self righteousness.
I have no emotional feelings invested in the case or the judgement / sentencing.
I just happen to think that in crimes that are particularly heinous and abhorrent the punishment should be as harsh as possible regardless of the circumstances.
I get that you had an eye opening experience at some point in regards to mental illness, but again, we're talking about a guy who murdered, beheaded and ate another human being.
Speaking of those emotionally invested in the case, Id' love to hear you drop your casual education on the subject to the immediate family of Tim McLean. You can tell them all about the wide spread ignorance on mental illness and talk to them about their emotional involvement in the judgement.
In the grand scheme of things I'm all for eradicating the stigma surrounding mental illness... but in this case I'm more concerned about the stigma of grossly exaggerating the long term comfort of a monstrous killer.
And FYI your "people like me" comment couldn't have been more ignorant. You just grouped me with teenagers at a school who belittle suicide attempts for not feeling sympathy for a brutal murderer.
If I were to use the same level of ignorance I'd point out that because of "people like you"... the guy who beheaded and ate someone is going to get leisurely day passes to stroll about town while the guy he killed and partially ate remains dead and gone.