(January 12, 2017 at 10:51 am)abaris Wrote:(January 12, 2017 at 10:47 am)Shell B Wrote: (Roof is evil, not crazy)
No offense, but it always amazes me that non religious persons resort to the old religious terminology for an easy answer to a complicated question. Yes, he did something evil, but he also seems to have a history of being mentally deranged. To what extent is for experts to decide. Also he arrived at doing what he did. That didn't come out of the blue and he certainly didn't consider it to be an evil act. That in itself should cry for closer analysis and a good hard look. Who or what made him go over that edge? Answering these questions may prevent the next Dylann Roof.
I'm all for removing people like that from society. The state is obliged to do that. In what way is a different question entirely.
Firstly, evil is not a religious term. Secondly, it's not an "easy answer." Thirdly, I refuse to excuse every asshole with a gun on the idea that he may have had a history of being "mentally deranged." There is a different between legitimate mental illness and deep hatred. Some people are just bad, you might say they are evil.