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Originally posted by jennaflower
In my opinion, that is one of the problems in this world.. "mental illness' = ones inability to take the credit/blame for their actions.
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Jenna.........I agree with ALMOST everything you have said here. I've read and reread this thread to make sure I understood all the comments, as this is such an emotional subject.
I took the above quote from your last statement and singled out this particular part because it strikes a chord in me that pisses me off to the point that no one could possibly understand! But I will make my point......and try and spare my reasoning, as it is such a long story and it doesn't apply here.
*Please understand.......I am not angry at you jenna! I am angry at the evolution of the interpretation of mental illness*
If a person becomes or is truly mentally ill (suddenly or for any length of time), then somewhere along his/her path in life, a close family member or friend or co-worker or clergy or even the supermarket checkout guy......or someone for christ's sake........would have picked up on this deviation from the norm that this person usually is!
Within the past 10-15 years it seems that whenever a person commits an abomination that is beyond the scope of normal, they are suddenly deemed mentally ill due to stress or harsh family upbringing or being "picked on" for a certain belief that isn't a popular belief amoungst their current peers. And everyone who is questioned about the person says, "Oh no, __________ was always so very stable. I can't imagine him/her doing this sort of thing!
Poppyfuckincock! At least one or all of the people in that unstable persons life had some inkling that he/she had gone off the deep end........or at the very least, they knew something was different and peculiar about him/her. And I am talking of the people that truly did lose their heads and go mental for a while or forever....whichever the case may be.
And the people that knew......and never said a thing......were covering their own asses in case they might be wrong about "a seemingly normal" person. Because if they say that they see the difference and no one else does......what a shithead they look to be. And if they say, after the fact (after something goes terribly wrong), that they knew something was wrong but were afraid to say so......what an even bigger shithead they look to be!
But my biggest problem with this particular case is the religious factor. According to his family and his clergy..........he was counseled as to the "what ifs and what shoulds" of when and if he is deployed to a country with muslim rule. All concerned, claim that this guy had it all together. He knew his destination and he knew the possible conflict of heart for his religion. His family said that he knew his objective was to protect his country and that his religion took a back seat to his purpose in this war!
I DO NOT BELIEVE that no one that he knew found a single difference in his attitude or demeanor just before he was sent into battle in a country where his particular religion is practiced.
My point? If this guy is found guilty of treason and murder......the people that knew that something was amiss with him and covered up for him in the media or even in their own home........are as guilty as he is from the get-go!
And the reason I pulled this particular quote to rant on? The mentally ill.......the truly mentally ill.........DO (in most instances) know if they do wrong. The difference between them and us? We would care and feel remorse........they don't! In their mind, anything they do for a cause is justfied....because they served the cause in the way that it was interpreted in their heads. Be it legal or not......good or bad.....it was a means to an end for the cause in their heads! Ergo.......mental illness!