RE: Take the devil out of Juia
October 4, 2012 at 1:19 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2012 at 1:21 pm by Autumnlicious.)
It's a religious one when religious beliefs are used to justify murder.
While the defendant is indeed mentally unfit and thus eligible for indefinite detention, the community who lived around these folks failed them. It is up to the community to watch out and even control their weaker members.
I lived in a small town, and if someone didn't say something when you were doing something destructive, it usually was because they didn't like you and wanted harm to occur. It was occasionally misused to be anti-LGBT, but for the most part, it was done more out of worry that a person's bizarre behavior would end with a suicide or shooting (my high school in rich little town had a suicide every three-four years, sometimes paused by 8 years and then broken with a series of suicides in quick succession...).
I'm not saying this case is the same, but I do wonder how long this had been going on, considering there is a previous record existing of mental instability and police intervention.
The defendants are said to be 'highly religious', perhaps the reason they're at that state is to cope with a mental illness. The voices in your head make more sense when you ascribe them to demons and angels than fray neurological activity originating from yourself. Mainly because the latter explanation sounds almost hollow when someone 'hears' voices, hears talking.
While the defendant is indeed mentally unfit and thus eligible for indefinite detention, the community who lived around these folks failed them. It is up to the community to watch out and even control their weaker members.
I lived in a small town, and if someone didn't say something when you were doing something destructive, it usually was because they didn't like you and wanted harm to occur. It was occasionally misused to be anti-LGBT, but for the most part, it was done more out of worry that a person's bizarre behavior would end with a suicide or shooting (my high school in rich little town had a suicide every three-four years, sometimes paused by 8 years and then broken with a series of suicides in quick succession...).
I'm not saying this case is the same, but I do wonder how long this had been going on, considering there is a previous record existing of mental instability and police intervention.
The defendants are said to be 'highly religious', perhaps the reason they're at that state is to cope with a mental illness. The voices in your head make more sense when you ascribe them to demons and angels than fray neurological activity originating from yourself. Mainly because the latter explanation sounds almost hollow when someone 'hears' voices, hears talking.
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