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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Yeah this is the thing a lot of people get wrong about mental illness. It's not all the same thing. There's a lot you don't understand. You don't need to understand any of it but you look like a dolt to anyone who does.
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I fully realize they are not the same thing. Yes, Li's condition can take him over and make him commit acts beyond his control. Magnotta was simply a sociopath, but also claims to be a schizophrenic. Russell was likely a sociopath as well.
But to me it seems to be discriminatory to others with mental illnesses that drive them to commit crimes. An addicted gambler who robs a bank to support his family knows it's wrong, but his crime originates from a mental condition. Should he not get a free pass too?
To me the fact that Li can at a moments notice, saw the head off a bystander, and consume their flesh without notice, makes him a danger to society way more terrifying than someone with a mental illness who can at least comprehend right from wrong.