Do you think that mass murder is an option for a mentally healthy person?
Was President Truman a mentally healthy person when he authorized dropping nuclear bombs on Japan? What about the pilot and bombardier of the Enola Gay? I believe they were. We can play word games over what is considered murder and what isn't, but sane people justify homicide (to themselves, at least) all the time. Sometimes we call them heroes, and sometimes we call them monsters, it's just a matter of perspective.
A person acting out religiously inspired plans to kill people is going to have a hard time convincing me they were mentally unfit at the time... not without admitting to me that their god is just a delusion resulting from years of indoctrination and brainwashing.
I'm so tired, so very tired, of these things getting blamed on the mentally ill. We are more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the perpetrators; sometimes, mass shooters are clearly mentally ill, and, yes, we need a safety net that will catch them before people die from another's mental illness
Are you really suggesting that someone who goes into a nightclub and massacres 50 people because he didn't like the thought of two men kissing, with a history of domestic violence, controlling behaviour, steroid abuse and who, in the words of his ex-wife, was unstable is mentally healthy? Seriously?
It depends. Like I said above, people justify murder to themselves all the time. Is it mentally unhealthy to do something if you believe it is what God wants you to do? A lot of men use religion to justify their domestic violence and controlling behaviour, so you're not really convincing me he was mentally unhealthy and not just acting on religious motives.
But who's protecting us from you people?
Sounds like a pretty large chip on your shoulder to me.
I think Gillianren's comment is a fair one. People who are considered mentally healthy can be incredibly cruel.
I suffered from depression, anxiety, and low self esteem for pretty much all of high school and into my thirties. I blame much of it on the high school environment which was just plain soul crushing, and it was probably tame by today's standards.
How many kids start high school mentally healthy but come out suffering from depression, eating disorders, low self esteem, suicidal or violent thoughts, etc. after enduring four years of abuse from other allegedly normal kids? How many kids have committed suicide because of it?
