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Originally Posted by downandlonely
I have to say that I don't like the blame the victim mentality that shooters kill people that have been mean to them. I was bullied in middle school. Never once did it occur to me to kill all the other kids. It did occur to me to kill myself, which I think is pretty common.
If a woman's husband abuses her, would you blame her? Would you blame children for being abused? Say they "brought it on themselves"? Sadly, some people would. It's the same thing with these mass killings. Not all mentally ill people are dangerous, that is true. But there are sociopaths out there who don't care about other people. Being nice to them will not cure them.
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Understandable.
I didn't mean I blame the victim for the behavior of an abuser, shooter, or w/e. I blame society as a whole for not giving a **** about wanting to help people when they need it the most.
Fact is sociopaths, like most other so called "bad" people, are made by their environments. A sociopath in particular (which isn't the same thing as a psychopath as psychopaths are born and sociopaths are made BTW), becomes what they are because of such prolonged abuse and neglect that they lose the ability to care about other people to survive in the world. Obviously there are exceptions to this rule as some people are born nasty. I'm just referring to the overall picture.
I'm not saying I excuse their behavior either nor that they don't deserve to be punished somehow. I just cannot agree with the legal system's way of doing things. Justice needs to evolve to the 21st century because it's lagging behind everything else in the modern world. I think rehabilitation should always take priority over punishment. I think that taking the time to understand why people do bad things and helping them when possible should be the preferred way of dealing with people who do bad things. Harsh punishments like we give out now should be an absolute last resort reserved for the worst of people.
But what do I know. I'm just a crazy person behind a computer. Besides prison corporations gotta make their money too.