RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
February 12, 2018 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2018 at 6:35 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(February 12, 2018 at 6:32 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(February 12, 2018 at 5:46 pm)Shell B Wrote: Yes, it was addressing what you said. I related it to the topic of the thread because it's the topic of the thread, but I wasn't saying you thought mental illness was an excuse for him. I was just adding my thoughts as it pertained to this situation.
As in, she said mental illness isn't an excuse. You said, the mental health professionals you know would disagree (paraphrasing). I said, it's a reason for some people, but it's not an excuse. It follows from your comment. The rest of my post was just applying that opinion to the situation we're discussing.
As I said in my post, the bolded portion was in reference to her latter statement, not to her statement that it wasn't an excuse.
The 2 go together though. If you say a person raped and killed someone because they are simply mentally ill but not a bad person, you are using mental illness as an excuse for the atrocity they commited.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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