We have enough examples of (mass) murderes who did not have horrible lives
I’m something of a news junkie and I haven’t heard of them. Maybe there’s a one-off here or there, but the majority of them would not have what you described.
and so many people have horrible lives and don’t kill others.
Well yes, of course. Mental illness is a spectrum, it’s a bell curve, it’s not an on and off switch, when it comes to murder.
It’s illogical to draw the conclusion it’s a bad life that turns people into murderes.
I disagree with this, strongly.
Honestly that sounds like an opinion of someone who believes illogically in that we’re always “captains of our ship” and we’re always perfect mentally, and that we always can make decisions free of illness.
Humanity is just not like that, we have emotions and can have mental illness, and sometimes they drive us to do things that we regret later on or uncontrolling of during.
Mental illness can affect our perception of things to the point where we do things that seem logical to us but that society would think is completely illogical, like murder.
I think you have trouble differentiating between causes and fault or responsibility. English is not my native language, so perhaps I get the inuendo wrong. But claiming “Cruz’ crime was 100 % society’s fault” absolves the murderer of all his responsibility.
Society is not responsible for the decisions you make, it’s your decision alone.
You don’t get to blame others for your decisions to hurt and murder people.
I’m something of a news junkie and I haven’t heard of them. Maybe there’s a one-off here or there, but the majority of them would not have what you described.
Well yes, of course. Mental illness is a spectrum, it’s a bell curve, it’s not an on and off switch, when it comes to murder.
I disagree with this, strongly.
Honestly that sounds like an opinion of someone who believes illogically in that we’re always “captains of our ship” and we’re always perfect mentally, and that we always can make decisions free of illness.
Humanity is just not like that, we have emotions and can have mental illness, and sometimes they drive us to do things that we regret later on or uncontrolling of during.
Mental illness can affect our perception of things to the point where we do things that seem logical to us but that society would think is completely illogical, like murder.
I think you have trouble differentiating between causes and fault or responsibility. English is not my native language, so perhaps I get the inuendo wrong. But claiming “Cruz’ crime was 100 % society’s fault” absolves the murderer of all his responsibility.
Society is not responsible for the decisions you make, it’s your decision alone. You don’t get to blame others for your decisions to hurt and murder people.
Very dismissal of you to think that of me.
For the record, I don’t.
Nobody ever said 100%.
We affect each other more than we realise and/or want to admit. Humans are social creatures.
And again, not talking in absolutes.
Perhaps take a look at the post again.
I went up several levels and reviewed everything I said, and didn’t see where I ever said 100%.
You want to point it out to me?
The topic of the post, like what this thread is about??
Oh FFS. I was talking about our and other people’s conversation here on Lemmy about the article, and not the article itself that you linked.