[CaptainCrunch]

You know part of me tends to think that we tend to throw around the term mental illness like a rabid cat being tossed into the crowd to make us feel better about crimes like this.

A normal person couldn't possibly do this kind of thing?

But at the end of the day, a normal person can do a thing like this. A sane person who might not be smart or might be gullible or easily influenced, or emotionally immature, or spoiled or guided or whatever.

It kind of does a bit of a disservice to the people that are suffering from real mental illnesses, because it shows a strong lack of education when we point to every violent crime or episode and state "Well he was mentally ill"

No wonder there's a stigma around mental illness, we've made it the boogey man and convenient excuse for every jerk and a$$hole and thrill killer out there. Are there people with severe mental illnesses out there that are violent, no question and absolutely, but the only way that we can figure out how to fix it or help that situation is to not cloud things by throwing every person that has a gripe with the world as being mentally ill.

Humans are the ultimate embodiment of the killer angel with their ability to hold their hand out in compassion but carrying a sword in the other hand willing to cut down anyone that they disagree with or have a grip with.

By all means, take this guys body, rip his brain out and study the crap out of it.

but at the end of the day a guy who's offended because of other peoples life style and goes on a killing spree, or a guy that's maybe a closeted homosexual and can't deal with it, to me isn't mentally ill, he's just an a$$hole.