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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 308295" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Okay so what's the difference between mental illness and deviance? Are we splitting hairs? Is one just beyond repair while the other still has hope for redemption or rehabilitation? </p><p> </p><p>Why did he get the GED at home? What was going on with him that mom decided he needed to be pulled out of school? </p><p> </p><p>Helping out in your kid's school is not necessarily overprotectiveness -- it's just wanting to be involved. But maybe she knew something was different about her kid and that's why she wanted to be there: to keep an eye on HIM, not necessarily to protect him.</p><p> </p><p>Just because SHE says he never got in trouble, doesn't mean that's the case. I'm sure they'll look at his school records with a magnifying glass.</p><p> </p><p>It sounds like he did have some kind of idea because the crime seems to mirror his song lyrics that were described in the story: voices telling him to kill and then experiencing the stench of rotting bodies. He could check those off his fantasy list.</p><p> </p><p>So again, I have to ask where do we draw the line between mental illness that may or may not be treatable and "evil deviance" that is only remedied by death? I'm all for the death penalty, but I'm having a hard time reconciling the difference between a criminal who is mentally ill and the concept of "evil". Things aren't so black and white for me anymore since coming to this site. I think about the woman in Texas who drowned all her kids. Clearly she is mentally ill -- we now know that from all the info that came out about her history and her treatment program in prison. But is she evil?</p><p> </p><p>Just thinking out loud here...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 308295, member: 3444"] Okay so what's the difference between mental illness and deviance? Are we splitting hairs? Is one just beyond repair while the other still has hope for redemption or rehabilitation? Why did he get the GED at home? What was going on with him that mom decided he needed to be pulled out of school? Helping out in your kid's school is not necessarily overprotectiveness -- it's just wanting to be involved. But maybe she knew something was different about her kid and that's why she wanted to be there: to keep an eye on HIM, not necessarily to protect him. Just because SHE says he never got in trouble, doesn't mean that's the case. I'm sure they'll look at his school records with a magnifying glass. It sounds like he did have some kind of idea because the crime seems to mirror his song lyrics that were described in the story: voices telling him to kill and then experiencing the stench of rotting bodies. He could check those off his fantasy list. So again, I have to ask where do we draw the line between mental illness that may or may not be treatable and "evil deviance" that is only remedied by death? I'm all for the death penalty, but I'm having a hard time reconciling the difference between a criminal who is mentally ill and the concept of "evil". Things aren't so black and white for me anymore since coming to this site. I think about the woman in Texas who drowned all her kids. Clearly she is mentally ill -- we now know that from all the info that came out about her history and her treatment program in prison. But is she evil? Just thinking out loud here... [/QUOTE]
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