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Originally Posted by seesaw
Kind of to your point...about 10 years ago I had a friend who was hit by a minor who was drunk driving. He was very seriously injured (on his bike, obeying all laws). Eventually the case was in court, and the cycling community was calling for the girl's head on a platter. They wanted jail time. But my friend had to ask them to stop protesting and demanding stuff because if she went to jail, he couldn't get restitution. Eventually he settled and got a very large settlement, but it just reminds me that we send people to jail, and then restitution is **** out of luck.
There has to be a better way.
Seesaw
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I get your point, but we can't compare the physical body to the mental body. He may have been physically harmed and had his bike damaged, but his mind was healthy and strong enough to fight the protesters and propose a different offer.
And an ill mind can't always think rationally like he did. And an ill mind is not just genetic, but also environmental. The problem with saying it's genetic is it says "That's the way it is", with no responsibility on no one but the treated one, and some responsibility of therapist and psychiatrists, yet when some of them gaslight the client, they can make them feel it's their fault.
Biased to my feelings from therapy and psychiatry, but just because it's biased and I am aware that what I say has an element of bias, doesn't mean it's wrong and surely doesn't mean no one else is aware of it.