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Originally Posted by pylon
Just to remind you.
He hacked a guys head off while he was alive, in what was likely the most painful horrific death you could imagine. Taunted people with the head. And ate some of the corpse.
This animal, terrorized and changed the lives of every single person on that bus, every responder, and the family. And there is a significant chance this could happen again if he goes off his medication. He has already damaged and destroyed so many lives, and we want to risk it again because we have bleeding hearts for him? I don't care what he is going through. He's a ticking time bomb. And society is far better off with this monster dead.
Would you have the same sympathy for a pedophile that claimed to be cured through chemical castration? Pedophilia is a sickness too, isn't it? Because many would argue, what this guy did was far, far worse.
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It would be a huge step back for society if started putting to death those who suffer from schizophrenia. I had a good friend back in HS who suffered from that illness and tried to kill his mother. Nobody called him a monster or wished him dead. He got a proper diagnosis and was put on medication where he lead a somewhat normal life until he comitted suicide years later.
I get that Li did something horrible but to call him a monster is unfair. He didn't choose to have schizophrenia much like I didn't choose to have, aspergers syndrome, depression and anxiety dominate a good portion of my life. Sometimes life deals a cruel hand and we are left to pick up the pieces as best we can.
If he stays on his meds he is not a ticking time bomb. Even with the unescorted day passes he still has to return to the place he was living where he will be forced to take his meds. Now from what i've read I think he understands the consequences of what would happen if he came off his meds. I can tell you my good friend did.