by kirk » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:07 pm
akiro wrote:I lost my dad at 11, 6 months after he was diagnose with leukemia. I didnt turn to drugs and gangs, and then be involved in multiple violent issues and then murder someone. There is a difference between lashing out, and continuing to invove yourself with trash and violence. The whole bullshit i had a hard life because my dad died would make sense if he didnt get to go to college for free, fuck up and then still make it to the nfl and get a 40 mil contract. He wanted to play football ad make money, he got what he wanted so what the fuck is he so unhappy about? Immature dumb prick, matt light who never has said shit about any nfl player said he didnt like anything hernandez stood for.
Everyone is different, i get that, but lets not make excuses for very single person who does some horrible shit. Being depressed will never be an excuse for an execution style murder, he could have afforded to see a fucking doctor. On top of that now his fiancee and kid are alone, and i'm sure his mother is destroyed.
Essay time, bitches! (Just because I know I troll these forums for funsies, please read this post as one with no attempt to be disrespectful!)
I don't make excuses for people who do horrible things, but I do acknowledge the circumstances which lead individuals to do such things. That is not to justify their actions from a "moral" standpoint but rather it is an attempt to look at the underlying mechanisms which lead people to break certain moral codes (i.e., cause and effect). Everyone in this situation is worthy of sympathy: one individual lost his life, another suffered severely enough to believe that murder is a viable option to alleviate his distress, and the countless family/friends harmed by this. Just because an individual committed an act that we deem immoral does not mean we discount his suffering or unhappiness; that is very far from pragmatic or helpful. I think this can be illustrated in European rehab-based justice systems vs. our punishment-based justice system. The former acknowledges certain uncontrollable variables (or lack of variables) which increase an individual's potential to do terrible things, while the latter does not take such things into account, which is a shame. The rates of relapse, poverty, reincarceration, use of social services, etc. can illustrate which is more utilitarian.
We can look at an individual's life and think, "they had no reason to be unhappy because of this and that and that as well," but from a pragmatic standpoint it does nothing and is actually quite erroneous. People suffer amidst every circumstance and condition in the world; it is universally pervasive and culturally resilient. Discounting suffering, even when individuals do heinous things (which I would argue stem heavily from uncontrollable factors), allows us to continue to be ignorant of the conditions which cause such heinous events in the first place.
Basically if we could bring some Tralfamadorians in here, they could peer into time/space and probably give you millions of events, people, moments, memories, etc. which cause us to do the things we do, good or bad. Sympathy, rather than immediate blame, would be the default response to this situation should we be able to see that additional dimension.
Hopefully this makes some sense...but really many might be thinking...
ao_ wrote:kirk wrote:avenger wrote:pffffffffffffffffftttttt. Shows what you know.
Brb buying an extra car to fend off the unhappiness.
Sounds like my aunt who lives in Grosse Point.... I just saw her for the first time in a few years and she was so bombed out on anti-depressants and anxiety pills that she was unable to look at me straight. She is a classic example of someone who believed money would be the key to happiness and is miserable.
Antidepressants are the most disgusting scam in the history of medication and science. The number of studies which show zero statistical significance in the efficacy of antidepressants is remarkably larger than the studies which do show significance, and of those which show significance it can be shown that over 80% of the effects of antidepressants stem solely from placebo effects.
We've all been duped into believing that the purpose of life is
emotional happiness, and further we've been told that money will help us get there. It's a remarkable lie and it's probably a huge factor as to why every mental illness is rising in prominence and why major depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide, second only to HIV/AIDS. Think about that for a moment...
And now psychiatrists can prescribe individuals antidepressants for things like grief when a family member dies, according to the newly revised definition of "depression" as per the DSM-5. We officially prescribe medication for "normal" or "healthy" sadness because we have been conditioned to fear such experiences. It's gross.
[quote="akiro"]I lost my dad at 11, 6 months after he was diagnose with leukemia. I didnt turn to drugs and gangs, and then be involved in multiple violent issues and then murder someone. There is a difference between lashing out, and continuing to invove yourself with trash and violence. The whole bullshit i had a hard life because my dad died would make sense if he didnt get to go to college for free, fuck up and then still make it to the nfl and get a 40 mil contract. He wanted to play football ad make money, he got what he wanted so what the fuck is he so unhappy about? Immature dumb prick, matt light who never has said shit about any nfl player said he didnt like anything hernandez stood for.
Everyone is different, i get that, but lets not make excuses for very single person who does some horrible shit. Being depressed will never be an excuse for an execution style murder, he could have afforded to see a fucking doctor. On top of that now his fiancee and kid are alone, and i'm sure his mother is destroyed.[/quote]
Essay time, bitches! (Just because I know I troll these forums for funsies, please read this post as one with no attempt to be disrespectful!)
I don't make excuses for people who do horrible things, but I do acknowledge the circumstances which lead individuals to do such things. That is not to justify their actions from a "moral" standpoint but rather it is an attempt to look at the underlying mechanisms which lead people to break certain moral codes (i.e., cause and effect). Everyone in this situation is worthy of sympathy: one individual lost his life, another suffered severely enough to believe that murder is a viable option to alleviate his distress, and the countless family/friends harmed by this. Just because an individual committed an act that we deem immoral does not mean we discount his suffering or unhappiness; that is very far from pragmatic or helpful. I think this can be illustrated in European rehab-based justice systems vs. our punishment-based justice system. The former acknowledges certain uncontrollable variables (or lack of variables) which increase an individual's potential to do terrible things, while the latter does not take such things into account, which is a shame. The rates of relapse, poverty, reincarceration, use of social services, etc. can illustrate which is more utilitarian.
We can look at an individual's life and think, "they had no reason to be unhappy because of this and that and that as well," but from a pragmatic standpoint it does nothing and is actually quite erroneous. People suffer amidst every circumstance and condition in the world; it is universally pervasive and culturally resilient. Discounting suffering, even when individuals do heinous things (which I would argue stem heavily from uncontrollable factors), allows us to continue to be ignorant of the conditions which cause such heinous events in the first place.
Basically if we could bring some Tralfamadorians in here, they could peer into time/space and probably give you millions of events, people, moments, memories, etc. which cause us to do the things we do, good or bad. Sympathy, rather than immediate blame, would be the default response to this situation should we be able to see that additional dimension.
Hopefully this makes some sense...but really many might be thinking...
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[quote="ao_"][quote="kirk"][quote="avenger"]pffffffffffffffffftttttt. Shows what you know.[/quote]
Brb buying an extra car to fend off the unhappiness.[/quote]
Sounds like my aunt who lives in Grosse Point.... I just saw her for the first time in a few years and she was so bombed out on anti-depressants and anxiety pills that she was unable to look at me straight. She is a classic example of someone who believed money would be the key to happiness and is miserable.[/quote]
Antidepressants are the most disgusting scam in the history of medication and science. The number of studies which show zero statistical significance in the efficacy of antidepressants is remarkably larger than the studies which do show significance, and of those which show significance it can be shown that over 80% of the effects of antidepressants stem solely from placebo effects.
We've all been duped into believing that the purpose of life is [i]emotional[/i] happiness, and further we've been told that money will help us get there. It's a remarkable lie and it's probably a huge factor as to why every mental illness is rising in prominence and why major depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide, second only to HIV/AIDS. Think about that for a moment...
And now psychiatrists can prescribe individuals antidepressants for things like grief when a family member dies, according to the newly revised definition of "depression" as per the DSM-5. We officially prescribe medication for "normal" or "healthy" sadness because we have been conditioned to fear such experiences. It's gross.