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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
He never said it was all or nothing but this thread has 10x more talk about de grood than it does about any of the victims. Lately, this thread is mostly a vocal group of people trying to make other people feel bad because they don't sympathize with the murderer enough. There should be the expectation that there will be a wide variety of opinions in a case like this, I'm not sure why that is so offensive to some. Get over it, not everyone shares that opinion, and it doesn't mean they are bad people or need to be educated by the PC brigade.
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Not sympathize, empathize. There is a difference that some here don't seem to understand.
http://grammarist.com/usage/empathy-sympathy/
And what is there to discuss about the victims? Or their families? They're going to go on with their lives as best as they can, and frankly, we should leave them alone unless they ask for support. de Grood is still alive and needs to be dealt with. I think this discussion about his future is needed, but it has to be done so with understanding and reason.
The problem some of us have with the opinions expressed is that they're based on emotion, not facts. Have you looked into whether people found not criminally responsible are actually a danger to the public when released? Has anyone mentioned the recidivism rate for people found NCR and released to the public? It's half of that of "regular" prisoners.
There seems to be a worry that they're going to "snap" and re-offend, but if it's less likely than someone who was convicted of a violent crime, why is the uproar so much bigger? When a gang member is convicted, we don't see threads with dozens of pages about their eventual release.
I think it all comes down to the stigma of mental health. We've got a long way to go when a sick person isn't trusted in society as much as a cold-blooded killer.