tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940991642941733050.post6168953732892130832..comments2023-05-11T09:47:32.085-04:00Comments on Hippyish: Guns, Violence and Mental IllnessSpiffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18187998345883169301noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940991642941733050.post-86301706153944672722011-01-11T05:44:11.196-05:002011-01-11T05:44:11.196-05:00Not read the linked articles yet, but I will be. ...Not read the linked articles yet, but I will be. I have to say, I've always found the whole, 'insanity' defense a strange one with regards to murder. I mean, surely a sane person wouldn't deliberately kill another human being, and anyone who does is by definition not a sane human being. When the government is pumping billions into a military which is nothing more than a well-equipped and supported organisation of murderers and is putting people to death for crimes they've been convicted off, how can they expect the people they rule to be do anything other than imitate them?<br /><br />Anyway, you're right: 'crazy' people aren't any more violent than anyone else. 'Crazy' people are still people with motivations and views and understandings of the world. The only difference between an individual with a gun and an individual with a gun in the army is one killer has the backing of the government. 'Crazy' doesn't come into it.<br /><br />But hey, 'crazy' people aren't people at all, right? No need to treat people with mental illness as people. Start doing that, and they may tell you things you don't want to hear.Foxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831126804440605489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940991642941733050.post-47067471146110422812011-01-10T13:15:47.193-05:002011-01-10T13:15:47.193-05:00I agree wholeheartedly. Even if people have what w...I agree wholeheartedly. Even if people have what we term mental illnesses, when they commit violence they have a reason. Their reasons just may not make sense to people who don't share their perspective.Dezireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213430897729619811noreply@blogger.com