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Originally Posted by pylon
I guess what kinda bugs me in this whole argument, and this whole scenario, is there is this incredible sympathy for Vincent Li. Massive resources are being thrown at him in the hopes of making him better, and all these internet psychiatrists are rushing to the front of the line to hug him, and give him a job in a day care.
What isn't being discussed, is how much public resources are being expended on the real living victims? The family of the victim? All those people that had to sit through that horror show that day? My guess is slim to none as it pushed one over the edge already. Those are the people most deserving of assistance, not Li.
I would love to hear from some of them, and how the government is throwing millions of dollars at them, trying to make them better.
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Not sure anyone is more or less deserving, but you are right, there probably isn't enough time or money being dedicated to the family of the victim.
First start would be to call him by name.
Tim McLean. Not 'the victim'. When I jumped back into this thread the other day, I admit I had to look it up. But look it up I did.
From there, we can do our best in society to improve the situation. On a small scale this did affect us all. There is nothing stopping you from starting fundraisers, honoring the memory, etc. As I said, at the very least, use his name. It's easy to cast stones, but all these justice hawks are still more focused on Li, than 'the victim' though they say they aren't.
Lastly, the money that is being spent on Li would be spent anyway. It is just as expensive, if not more, to incarcerate someone than to rehabilitate them. So the question or comment of 'all this money' doesn't really amount to much. It'd be being spent anyway.
This isn't meant as an attack against you Pylon, as you do bring up a good point. It's just as a reminder that it's easy to talk about what's wrong, it's much harder to actually do something about it. For all the calls to justice we have heard here and elsewhere, which of those people can really say they've helped the family, or society, in the wake of this? How many people, who claim to want to talk about the family more than Li, still call Tim 'the victim'?