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Originally Posted by pylon
I don't think a lot of people understand you can sympathize with Li's plight, acknowledge his illness is real, and feel bad for the man.... But still hold the belief that he shouldn't be released.
It's a terrible situation for all involved including Li, but in my opinion, the risk is too great letting him out. If it was possible to permanently cure him, without the reliance of him voluntarily taking drugs, I could come around to the idea. But there is nothing stopping him from vanishing in the night and hitch hiking away to parts unknown.
It seems to me, Li is being given all the consideration here, and the public is not in the equation.
And too answer one posters question about first responders.... One of them commited suicide a couple years back from the PTSD, and apparently another one has been on an extended leave for coming on 4 years now. If that is the effect Li's actions had on professionals that are trained to deal with stuff like this, imagine what the regular Joe and Mary bus riders are dealing with? At least Li doesn't remember any if this, or has a vague, cloudy memory of it. He's the lucky one in that sense. This man, regardless of his illness, has shattered numerous lives, and indirectly killed a second victim.
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Can you not make the same argument for anyone that is being released from prison? Any one of the murderers, rapists, child molesters...could disappear into the night and reoffend, couldn't they? So why are we not clamoring to keep them locked away and terrified when they are released?
I'm not following the argument to keep him locked up. If the doctors can safely say that he is not a threat to the public as long as he takes his meds and he will be monitored then it shouldn't be a problem.