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Originally Posted by Delthefunky
I'm pretty sympathetic to those with a mental illness too, and 99 times out of 100 I would say sure, if a professional believes that this person could be rehabilitated and be a part of society then of course, I would never want to stop them, but this guy sawed someone's head off without any provocation. That's pretty much the limit for me. I'm not saying we should punish this guy and make him feel full of remorse, I'm just saying that, because he sawed someone's head off, he should never, ever, be allowed back into society alone, unsupervised.
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The voices in his head told him to saw off the head. He could not differenciate between reality and the voices he heard. Schizophrenia is treatable and countless individuals with that illness are leading productive lives in our community.
It saddens me that there is so much ignorace about this illness and that if more people could see or spot the signs we can help people get the proper diagnosis and treatment. The goal should be early intervention with a goal of preventing future incidents from happening.