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analog · 04-18-2007, 06:37 PM

Lone gunman, psychological problems. You will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER be able to stop a mentally ill person with a viable idea- as in, it can be done, if only because you're crazy enough to do it.

There are, what, 26,000 students at that one school? Do you have any idea how common depression is among people that age, or how common something like being jealous over a lost love? No one would have investigated a male his age who was showing signs of depression and anger because he broke up with his girlfriend and wanted her back. No one in their right mind would take more than a glance at that.

The very fact that such an event was unprecedented should tell you that there was no way of seeing this coming.

Saying that counselors, administrators, etc., should have been able to weed out underlying homicidal thoughts in a depressed, love-sick male is just ridiculously unrealistic.

Here's why this keeps coming up, though- and I know i've said it before in another thread some time ago:

PEOPLE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT MENTAL ILLNESS CAN CAUSE A PERSON TO KILL RANDOMLY, AND WITHOUT APPARENT PURPOSE. Why? Because that would be a scary thought, wouldn't it? You want to believe there was a real reason, that there was a series of events that preceded it and could have been seen ahead of time.

But NO. Sometimes, people just do bad, bad things because they're mentally ill. No one will admit to it and allow it as reality... they MUST blame something, or someone.

Nonsense.

The guy was mentally ill, snapped like a twig, and went on a rampage. There's no loss of support. There are no overt warning signs. There's just a killer. People need to wake up and smell the chemical imbalance.

04-18-2007, 06:37 PM	#111 (permalink)
analog Banned	Lone gunman, psychological problems. You will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER be able to stop a mentally ill person with a viable idea- as in, it can be done, if only because you're crazy enough to do it. There are, what, 26,000 students at that one school? Do you have any idea how common depression is among people that age, or how common something like being jealous over a lost love? No one would have investigated a male his age who was showing signs of depression and anger because he broke up with his girlfriend and wanted her back. No one in their right mind would take more than a glance at that. The very fact that such an event was unprecedented should tell you that there was no way of seeing this coming. Saying that counselors, administrators, etc., should have been able to weed out underlying homicidal thoughts in a depressed, love-sick male is just ridiculously unrealistic. Here's why this keeps coming up, though- and I know i've said it before in another thread some time ago: PEOPLE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT MENTAL ILLNESS CAN CAUSE A PERSON TO KILL RANDOMLY, AND WITHOUT APPARENT PURPOSE. Why? Because that would be a scary thought, wouldn't it? You want to believe there was a real reason, that there was a series of events that preceded it and could have been seen ahead of time. But NO. Sometimes, people just do bad, bad things because they're mentally ill. No one will admit to it and allow it as reality... they MUST blame something, or someone. Nonsense. The guy was mentally ill, snapped like a twig, and went on a rampage. There's no loss of support. There are no overt warning signs. There's just a killer. People need to wake up and smell the chemical imbalance.